Regional Parks

Historical marker location:

2000 Shorefield Road, Wheaton, Maryland

( Marker can be reached from Shorefield Court north of Shorefield Road, on the left when traveling north.)

Balancing Recreation with Conservation.

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.