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Maryland (MD) “Work in
Progress” Please let us know if you have recommendations/suggestions on this
page. Also please correct us if we are wrong.
Maryland
“Must-See”
メリーランド州の簡単な紹介
Maryland Map +
メリーランド州の地図等
Annapolis1)
--- Sailing capital of America, Home of the U.S. Navy Academy (1845) 2, 3)
Hats aweigh! Throwing their hats into the air is the Navy Academy’s tradition3).
For more info click:
Throwing Graduation Caps in the Air: History of a
Graduation Tradition
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Hats Off And Anchors Aweigh
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COMMENCEMENT; What's in the Air At Graduation?
Antietam National Battlefield
2), Sharpsburg Civil War
Baltimore’s Inner Harbor
1, 2)
USS Constellation (restored 1854 wooden naval warship), Baltimore
Maritime Museum – submarine USS Torsk, National Aquarium, World Trade Center,
Maryland Academy of Sciences including
Maryland Science Center
Fort McHenry
2):
War of 1812
Birthplace of
“The Star-Spangled Banner.”
Baltimore’s Preakness Stakes 2) One of the
Triple Crown
The B&O (Baltimore & Ohio) Railroad Museum
1)
Birthplace of America's railroading
Camp David (presidential retreat) 2),
Catoctin Mountain Park
Chesapeake Bay
2)
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park
2), Sharpsburg
Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum
2), St. Michaels
Pocomoke River State Forest and Park
2), Snow Hill
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Jousting is Maryland’s official sport
2) See
our Jousting photos
Seven U.S. states are named after kings or queens
州の名前に、王または、女王の名をとった７つの州
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Brief History 2)
Annapolis becomes the
temporary capital
of the United States (1783)
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Washington D.C is created on land given by Maryland
(1791) | America’s first railroad construction begins (Baltimore and Ohio, 1828)
| U.S. Naval Academy (Annapolis, 1945) | Free State (Maryland refuses to
enforce Prohibition, 1919-33)
Famous People 2)
Fredrick Douglass, John Hopkins (founder of a hospital & university), Babe Ruth,
Elizabeth Ann Seton (Founder of Daughters of Charity, America’s 1st
Saint),
and more. Click
here
for more info on Famous People in Maryland.
Maryland
| Baltimore
| Columbia | Silver Spring | Ellicott City | Germantown |
Annapolis
(Capital)
Largest Cities in Maryland
Travel & Tourism
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Tourism
Top 15 Maryland Attractions
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Things to Do in Maryland
メリーランド州の旅行ガイド
More Events
for example, check out
this site
References
1) Laura Sutherland with Family Travel Forum: “Amazing Places to Take
Your Kids” (Illinois: Publications International, Ltd., 2008)
2) Inge N. Dobelis (Project Editor): America: land of Beauty and Splendor (New
York/Montreal: Reader’s Digest, 1992)
3) Alma E. Guinness (Project Editor) et al: America A to Z (New York,
USA: The Reader's Digest Association, 1997)
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