Historical Marker
Constant Friendship
Historical marker location:
Abingdon, Maryland
( Marker is at the intersection of Emmorton Road (Maryland Route 924) and Box Hills Parkway, on the right on Emmorton Road.)
Acqurired 1761 by Colonel Thomas White. (1704 - 1779).
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.