Historical Marker
The Global Refugee Mural
Historical marker location:
963 Bonifant Street, Silver Spring, Maryland
( Marker is at the intersection of Pershing Drive and Bonifant Street, on the left when traveling west on Pershing Drive.)
Marker installed: 2009
by Joel Beringer ©2009. creative director Tom Block.
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.