Historical Marker
1990-2010
Historical marker location:
527 South Potomac Street, Hagerstown, Maryland
( Marker can be reached from South Potomac Street (Maryland Route 65) just north of West Memorial Boulevard, on the left when traveling north.)
The Information Age.
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.