A Refuge

Historical marker location:

5 High Street, Brookeville, Maryland

( Marker is on High Street (Maryland Route 97) just south of Market Street, on the right when traveling north.)

Marker installed: 2014

Star-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail. National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior.

Maryland was the first state to pass a law requiring free public education: In 1827, Maryland became the first state to pass a law requiring free public education for all children. The law was initially aimed at poor children, but eventually expanded to include all children regardless of their economic status.