The National Road

Historical marker location:

6172 National Freeway, Friendsville, Maryland

( Marker can be reached from Interstate 68 at milepost 6,, 2.7 miles Friendsville Road (State Route 42).)

The Road that Built the Nation.

Maryland was a border state during the Civil War: During the Civil War, Maryland was a border state that remained in the Union but had many sympathizers with the Confederacy. The state was strategically important because it was located between Washington D.C. and the Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia.