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- After escaping from slavery, Harriet Tubman, a native of Maryland, risked death to return to the South 19 times to help other slaves to freedom!
- There are no natural lakes in Maryland. All are man-made.
- The Maryland state flag is one of the oldest in the nation.
- Loveville, Ladiesburg, and Friendly are names of towns in Maryland.
- The National Aquarium is located in Baltimore’s Inner Harbor.
- The United States Naval Academy was founded at Annapolis.
- Elizabeth Ann Seton, who started the Sisters of Charity in Maryland, was the first United States citizen to be named a saint by the Catholic Church.
- Maryland claims the first umbrella factory and the first dental school in the United States.
- Annapolis is known as a “museum without walls” because of its large collection of colonial architecture.
- The Methodist Church of America was officially organized in Maryland.
- Some say Babe Ruth, a Marylander, could predict his home runs. Once, after two strikes, he pointed to centerfield and then hit a homer right where he pointed.
- The Baltimore Basilica was the first Roman Catholic cathedral in the United States.
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