Great Falls Tavern

Historical marker location:

11710 Macarthur Blvd, Potomac, Maryland

( Marker can be reached from Macarthur Boulevard, 1.3 miles west of Falls Road, on the left when traveling west.)

Marker installed: 1950

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.