Historical Marker
The Floods
Historical marker location:
11710 MacArthur Blvd., Potomac, MD 20854, Potomac, Maryland
( Marker can be reached from MacArthur Blvd, 1.2 miles west of Falls Road (Route 189).)
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.