Beallsville

Historical marker location:

19800 Darnestown Road, Beallsville, Maryland

( Marker is at the intersection of Beallsville Road (Maryland Route 109) and Darnestown Road (Maryland Route 28), on the right when traveling south on Beallsville Road.)

Squabble at the cemetery: Whose flag flies today?. Antietam Campaign 1862.

Maryland was originally intended to be called "Crescentia": Lord Baltimore's original plan was to name the colony after the Queen Henrietta Maria, the wife of King Charles I. However, the name was already taken, so he proposed the name "Crescentia" instead. The name was eventually changed to "Maryland" in honor of Henrietta Maria.