Poolesville

Historical marker location:

Poolesville, Maryland

( Marker is at the intersection of Fisher Avenue / Whites Ferry Road (Maryland Route 107) and Elgin Road / Beallsville Road (Route 109), on the right on Fisher Avenue / Whites Ferry Road.)

Warm Reception. 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.