Visions Realized

Historical marker location:

8223 Georgia Ave, Silver Spring, Maryland

( Marker is on Georgia Avenue (U.S. 29), on the right when traveling north.)

Early Family Businesses. Silver Heritage - Georgia Avenue.

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.