The flag's older history is tied to George Calvert, an English politician and colonizer who more or less founded the Maryland colony, although he died just weeks before the charter for the state ...

Could Maryland’s popular state flag become the next target of whitewashing symbols of the Confederacy from our country’s history? No one has suggested such a change yet, but it came up … ...

"Throughout the colonial period, only the yellow-and-black Calvert family colors are mentioned in descriptions of the Maryland flag. After independence, the use of the Calvert family colors was ...

The Maryland flag has the coat of arms of the Calvert and Crossland families. The gold and black coat of arms is for Lord Baltimore of the Calverts, who founded Maryland.

Origin: Arizona's flag references its history as a Spanish colony and as a mining location – the 13 rays of red and weld-yellow on the top half represent the 13 original American colonies, but ...

Cooking in Colonial Maryland: If it was filling, it was good. Historic St. Mary's Cityevent aims to satisfyappetites for the past. November 24, 2010. By Susan Craton.

An article in Saturday’s editions incorrectly referred to the battle flag reproduced on Maryland license plates for members of the Sons of Confederate Veterans as the Stars and Bars. The Stars ...

Three hundred seventy-eight years ago, the state of Maryland was founded in St. Mary’s County. Leonard Calvert, representing his brother – the second Lord Baltimore – started a colony that ...

Because people from Maryland believe the Maryland state flag should be featured on all pamphlets, posters, items of clothing, marketing materials, food units, and architectural surfaces.

After an exhaustive search, archaeologists at Maryland's Historic St. Mary’s museum have located St. Mary's Fort, the state's first European settlement and the United States' fourth English colony.