USA - Maryland - Flag & State Flower

MARYLAND 

The Black-Eyed Susans are the State Flower, and the Maryland flag has been recognized as the most beautiful flag of all 50 United States. 

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USA - Maryland - Mapcard

MARYLAND
Nickname : Old Line State
Are : 12,327 sq. miles
Entered into Union in 1788

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USA - Maryland - Ocean City

OCEAN CITY, MARYLAND
Each year, hundreds of thousands of vacationers flock to Ocean City, on the southern tip of Maryland's Eastern Shore. In 1933, a severe storm formed the prime real estate now referred to as the inlet, featuring 10 miles of the best shite-sand beaches on the East Coast. Proudly honored as an All-American City in 2001, Ocean City has long been called "The east Coast's Number One Family Resort."

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This is from Wikipedia : Ocean City, sometimes known as OC, or OCMD, is an Atlantic Ocean resort town in Worcester County, Maryland, United States. Ocean City is widely known in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States and is a frequent destination for vacationers in that area. The population was 7,173 at the 2000 census, although during summer weekends the city hosts between 320,000 and 345,000 vacationers.

USA - Maryland - Washington Monument and Mt. Vernon Place

WASHINGTON MONUMENT and MT. VERNON PLACE
Baltimore, Maryland.
The first Washington Monument to be begun and the first of importance to be completed. Walters Art Gallery is in the left foreground, and the Mt. Vernon Place Church and Peabody Institute to the right of the Monument are important landmarks visible.

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This is from Wikipedia : The Washington Monument in the elegant Mount Vernon neighborhood of Baltimore, Maryland was the first architectural monument planned to honor George Washington.

In 1815, a statue was designed by Robert Mills, who also designed the Washington Monument in Washington, D.C. Construction began in 1815 and was completed by 1829. The 178 foot doric column holds a ground-floor museum offering information about Washington as well as construction of the monument. Climbing the 228 steps to the top provides an excellent view of the city from the historic neighborhood where it is located. Its neighbors include the Peabody Institute.

The glorification of Washington began long before his death in December 1799, and the dedication of a memorial in his honor seemed certain. A monument honoring Washington in Baltimore was first proposed in 1809, and a committee was formed to commission and fund the monument. In 1811, the first of six lotteries, authorized by the Maryland General Assembly, was held, eventually raising enough funds to construct a Washington monument in Baltimore. Mills's design was chosen in an architectural competition in 1815, and the cornerstone laid on July 4 of that year.

Early designs included rich ornamentation, six iron galleries dividing the hollow shaft into seven sections, and a quadriga surmounting the column. The design of the completed column is very similar to the Colonne Vendôme, which ultimately derived from Trajan's Column and was adopted in this time of Neoclassicism in American architecture.

The monument, which was constructed of white marble from Cockeysville, rises 178 feet and consists of three main elements: a low, rectangular base containing a museum; a plain, unfluted column; and, atop the column, a standing figure of Washington. By the time of the monument's completion in 1829, financial constraints had forced a series of design compromises which simplified the monument.

William Rusk, in his book "Art in Baltimore: Monuments and Memorials", tells the following story about the raising of Italian sculptor Enrico Causici's marble statue of Washington in 1829. "Tradition recalls a prodigy occurring when the statue was raised to the summit of the monument - a shooting star dashed across the sky and an eagle lit on the head of the settling general."

Before the monument could be completed, the monument which now resides in Washington Monument State Park (Boonsboro, Maryland), near the Appalachian Trail, was constructed in 1827, making it the first such in the nation.

The iron fence around the base was designed by Mills and added in 1838. It contains some of the symbolism that had been deleted from the column due to cost considerations. A driver ran a 1997 Chrysler van through the southeast corner on October 30th, 2010 and damaged roughly 15 feet of the fence.

Lead paint in the interior of the monument was removed in 1985-92.

USA - Maryland - Annapolis Boat Show

ANNAPOLIS BOAT SHOW
ANNAPOLIS, MARYLAND
Each year in October, Annapolis is the site of one of the largest Sailboat and Power boat shows on the Atlantic Coast. Much was the same 200 years ago, when sailors from every colony sailed up the Chesapeake Bay and gathered in Annapolis, trading tales of the sea.

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USA - Maryland - Annapolis

ANNAPOLIS HARBOR, MARYLAND
Two hundred years ago, sailors from every colony gathered in Annapolis, trading tales of the sea. Today, one can still watch a multitude of sailboats slip into the historic harbor. Annapolis is Maryland's state capital, an American sailing capital, and home of the U.S. Naval Academy.

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This is from Wikipedia : Annapolis is the capital of the U.S. state of Maryland, as well as the county seat of Anne Arundel County. It has a population of 36,524 (July 2008 est.), and is situated on the Chesapeake Bay at the mouth of the Severn River, 26 miles (42 km) south of Baltimore and about 29 miles (47 km) east of Washington, D.C. Annapolis is part of the Baltimore-Washington Metropolitan Area. The city was the temporary capital of the United States in 1783–1784 and the site of the Annapolis Peace Conference, held in November 2007, at the United States Naval Academy. St. John's College is also in Annapolis.