Maryland Summer Camps
- Gender:
- Coed
- Camp Type:
- Day Camp|Residential Camp
- Camp Type:
- Day Camp|Residential Camp
- Gender:
- Coed
- Gender:
- Girls Only
- Camp Type:
- Day Camp|Residential Camp
Summer Camps in Maryland
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History
In 1608, Capt. John Smith explored Chesapeake Bay. Charles I granted a royal charter for Maryland to Cecil Calvert, Lord Baltimore, in 1632, and English settlers, many of whom were Roman Catholic, landed on St. Clement's (now Blakistone) Island in 1634. Religious freedom, granted all Christians in the Toleration Act passed by the Maryland assembly in 1649, was ended by a Puritan revolt, 1654–1658. From 1763 to 1767, Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon surveyed Maryland's northern boundary line with Pennsylvania. In 1791, Maryland ceded land to form the District of Columbia.
Facts
Capital: Annapolis
Motto: Fatti maschii, parole femine (Manly deeds, womanly words)
State symbols:
bird Baltimore oriole (1947)
crustacean Maryland blue crab (1989)
flower black-eyed susan (1918)
song “Maryland! My Maryland!” (1939)
Nicknames: Free State; Old Line State
Origin of name: In honor of Henrietta Maria (queen of Charles I of England)
Statistics
10 largest cities (2005 est.): Baltimore, 635,815; Frederick, 57,907; Gaithersburg, 57,698; Rockville, 57,402; Bowie, 53,878; Hagerstown, 38,326; Annapolis, 36,300; Salisbury, 26,295; College Park, 25,171; Greenbelt, 22,242
Land area: 9,774 sq mi. (25,315 sq km)
Geographic center: In Prince Georges Co., 41/2 mi. NW of Davidsonville
Number of counties: 23, and 1 independent city
Largest county by population and area: Montgomery, 927,583 (2005); Frederick, 663 sq mi.
Residents: Marylander
2005 resident population est.: 5,600,388