MARC Train #286

Historical marker location:

8600 16th Street, Woodside, Maryland

( Marker is on 16th Street (Maryland Route 390) south of Lyttonsville Road, on the right when traveling south.)

Marker installed: 1996

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.