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border: 2px solid silver; margin: 0 0 .5em .5em; width: 200px;"> <div style="background-color: #e7ece6; font-size: 15px; text-align: center; padding: .3em;"><b>Maryland</b> <b></b></div> <center><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Maryland.svg" class="image"><img alt="Flag of Maryland.svg" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Flag_of_Maryland.svg/250px-Flag_of_Maryland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="195" height="130" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Flag_of_Maryland.svg/330px-Flag_of_Maryland.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Flag_of_Maryland.svg/500px-Flag_of_Maryland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="500" /></a></center> <table class="collapsible collapsed" style="width: 200px;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2" style="text-align: center; background-color: #e8e7f2;"><b>Demographics</b> </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_by_population" class="extiw" title="wp:List of U.S. states by population" rel="nofollow">Population</a>: </td> <td>6,045,680 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_by_GDP_(nominal)" class="extiw" title="wp:List of U.S. states by GDP (nominal)" rel="nofollow">GDP (million)</a>: </td> <td>427,616 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_by_GDP_(nominal)_per_capita" class="extiw" title="wp:List of U.S. states by GDP (nominal) per capita" rel="nofollow">GDP p/cap.</a>: </td> <td>70,612 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_and_territories_by_religiosity" class="extiw" title="wp:List of U.S. states and territories by religiosity" rel="nofollow">% religious</a>: </td> <td>54 </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:302px;"><a href="/wiki/File:Maryland_in_United_States.svg" class="image"><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Maryland_in_United_States.svg/300px-Maryland_in_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="186" class="thumbimage" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Maryland_in_United_States.svg/450px-Maryland_in_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Maryland_in_United_States.svg/600px-Maryland_in_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1181" data-file-height="731" /></a> <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/wiki/File:Maryland_in_United_States.svg" class="internal" title="Enlarge"></a></div>When you get to Maryland, North and South intermix.</div></div></div> <div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:197px;"><a href="/wiki/File:MD_winner.gif" class="image"><img alt="" src="/w/images/c/c4/MD_winner.gif" decoding="async" width="195" height="189" class="thumbimage" data-file-width="195" data-file-height="189" /></a> <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/wiki/File:MD_winner.gif" class="internal" title="Enlarge"></a></div>They stuck a flag in Mary's boob. Just capital!</div></div></div> <p><b>Maryland</b>, in spite of its name, is not especially full of, or friendly to, Marys, nor is it a land (though there is land there). It is also known as "Martyland" in honor of its liberal former Führer, Marty O'Malley. It is a state, and not a very big state at that. It is one of the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a>, not that that is implicit in the name either. All in all it's a rather confusingly named place. It does, however, have a coin, so it breaks even. </p> <div id="toc" class="toc" role="navigation" aria-labelledby="mw-toc-heading"><input type="checkbox" role="button" id="toctogglecheckbox" class="toctogglecheckbox" style="display:none" /><div class="toctitle" lang="en" dir="ltr"><h2 id="mw-toc-heading">Contents</h2><span class="toctogglespan"><label class="toctogglelabel" for="toctogglecheckbox"></label></span></div> <ul> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="#Facts.2C_hun"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Facts, hun</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2"><a href="#Official_state_song"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Official state song</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-3"><a href="#Recreational_opportunities"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">Recreational opportunities</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-4"><a href="#A_study_in_contrasts"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">A study in contrasts</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-5"><a href="#Exports"><span class="tocnumber">5</span> <span class="toctext">Exports</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-6"><a href="#Imports"><span class="tocnumber">6</span> <span class="toctext">Imports</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-7"><a href="#Maylanders"><span class="tocnumber">7</span> <span class="toctext">Maylanders</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-8"><a href="#Gallery"><span class="tocnumber">8</span> <span class="toctext">Gallery</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-9"><a href="#References"><span class="tocnumber">9</span> <span class="toctext">References</span></a></li> </ul> </div> <h2><span id="Facts,_hun"></span><span class="mw-headline" id="Facts.2C_hun">Facts, hun</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fun:Maryland&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Facts, hun">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <p>The estimated 2013 population of the state is 5,928,814, at a density of 594.8 persons per square mile.<sup id="cite_ref-Census_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Census-1">[1]</a></sup> Of that figure, 22% are transplants from other states, 18% are extras from the movie <i>The Hills Have Eyes</i>, and 60% are unsure if they are a northern state or a southern state. </p><p>The answer to that is: Maryland is below the Mason-Dixon line, but sided with the North during the Civil War. They owned slaves after Lincoln made the Emancipation Proclamation, but were the fourth state to ratify the 13th amendment. Figure it out for yourself. </p><p>Maryland is one of the most <a href="/wiki/Liberal" class="mw-redirect" title="Liberal">liberal</a> U.S. states. If discussing evil liebruls, it's usually the "<i>other</i>" liberal state, after <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts" class="mw-redirect" title="Massachusetts">Massachusetts</a>. (However, if you go far enough west, it turns into <a href="/wiki/West_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="West Virginia">West Virginia</a>, and the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Maryland">rural pockets</a> are more than conservative enough. This is overbalanced by the <i>rather</i> more liberal and populous Baltimore-Washington metro area.) </p><p>Maryland has the highest median household income of any state ($72,999<sup id="cite_ref-Census_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Census-1">[1]</a></sup>), thanks to its status as a major hub of medicine, biotechnology, and research, plus a few jobs from <a href="/wiki/District_of_Columbia" class="mw-redirect" title="District of Columbia">Mordor</a>. </p><p>The largest city is something called <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baltimore" class="extiw" title="wp:Baltimore" rel="nofollow"><span style="color:#477979 !important;" title="Wikipedia: Baltimore">"Balmer"</span></a><sup><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/12px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/18px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/24px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></sup>, but since nothing by that name shows up anywhere on any map, it's probably a myth or something. </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Official_state_song">Official state song</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fun:Maryland&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Official state song">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <p>Maryland has no official state song. The former<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2">[2]</a></sup> official state song, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maryland,_My_Maryland" class="extiw" title="wp:Maryland, My Maryland" rel="nofollow"><span style="color:#477979 !important;" title="Wikipedia: Maryland, My Maryland">Maryland, My Maryland</span></a>,<sup><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/12px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/18px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/24px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></sup> is sung to the tune of "O Tannenbaum" and has lyrics written during the <a href="/wiki/American_Civil_War" title="American Civil War">American Civil War</a>. The song's lyrics encouraged Maryland to join Virginia in secession from the Union to "avenge the patriotic gore that flecked the streets of Baltimore", refers to Abraham Lincoln as "the despot", "the vandal", and "the tyrant", hails the Virginia state slogan (and Lincoln assassin John Wilkes Booth's favorite phrase) <i>Sic Semper Tyrannis</i>, and has other choice lines like "Huzza! she spurns the Northern scum". Somehow this remained the state song until 2021 even as states further south have been removing the Confederate flag from their state flags.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3">[3]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4">[4]</a></sup> </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Recreational_opportunities">Recreational opportunities</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fun:Maryland&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Recreational opportunities">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <p>The city of Baltimore has been the setting for a number of über-gritty crime dramas, most notably <i>Homicide: Life On The Street</i> and <i>The Wire</i>. Visiting certain locations in town will reward you with a free bullet for every order of four crabcakes. </p><p>Camp David, Maryland is a super secret place located in the National Park Service's Catoctin Mountain Park near Thurmont. Don't bother looking for it on the official National Park map because the map shows it as a big undeveloped area, but it's there. Hint: Mapquest has a good aerial (THIS SECTION DELETED BY THE U.S. <a href="/wiki/Department_of_Homeland_Security" class="mw-redirect" title="Department of Homeland Security">DEPT OF HOMELAND SECURITY</a>). </p><p>And beware of taking a wrong turn in Catoctin Mountain Park! Because if you do, you will be SURROUNDED by a SQUAD OF JACK-BOOTED GOVERNMENT SWAT THUGS who will then proceed to write you a traffic ticket. </p><p>Speaking of super-secret places, Maryland also is home to the headquarters of the <a href="/wiki/NSA" title="NSA">National Security Agency</a>, located at Fort Meade. If you're foolish enough to drive past the signs that clearly say in large, unfriendly letters, "NSA EMPLOYEES ONLY" you will be met by armed guards and instructed to turn around. You will also thoroughly piss off the NSA employees as you block them from getting to work as you turn around. Go northwest from Washington and you may also find Fort Detrick. The chemical weapons factories, LSD labs, and containment facilities for <a href="/wiki/Seventh-day_Adventism" title="Seventh-day Adventism">Seventh-day Adventists</a> have been torn down, but those operations did fill the nearby city of Frederick with cancer-causing chemicals. Because of this the facility is mainly devoted to curing cancer. </p><p>If you're really concerned about the <a href="/wiki/End_times" title="End times">end times</a> coming soon, or just want a good laugh, you will want to visit <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.godsark.org/">God's Ark of Safety</a> in Frostburg (far western Maryland) along Interstate 68. They are rebuilding <a href="/wiki/Noah%27s_Ark" title="Noah's Ark">Noah's Ark</a> in <a href="/wiki/Survivalism" title="Survivalism">preparation</a> for the next <a href="/wiki/Great_flood" class="mw-redirect" title="Great flood">great flood</a>. If you're looking for wingnuts but don't have the courage to plunge deep into Western Maryland, give Calvert County a shot before that sign saying liberals should get armed before they try to impeach Trump is taken down.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5">[5]</a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Gambler%27s_fallacy" title="Gambler's fallacy">Gambling</a>, in the form of thoroughbred horse racing, is legal in Maryland. The state is home to the Preakness Stakes in Baltimore's historic Pimlico racetrack. It is one of the sport's "Triple Crown" events; however, the Preakness is pretty much the only time of the year when people go to Pimlico since, for the longest time, it lacked slot machines. There are also several casinos. </p><p>The official state sport is jousting. Really. However, their state exercise of walking is a bit more peaceful. </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="A_study_in_contrasts">A study in contrasts</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fun:Maryland&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: A study in contrasts">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <p>Prince George's County (deemed "A Liveable Community" by its county Führer, and called "Pee Gee" by everyone else) is a popular tourist destination. With an exorbitant number of carjackings, murders, citizen robberies, sex crimes, and corruption within the local government, it is known as "The Jewel of Maryland". It also has the highest "<a href="/wiki/Homeschooling" title="Homeschooling">homeschooled</a>" population in the state, which is no doubt unrelated to the aforementioned statistics. In 1989, after the fall of the Berlin Wall, several studies showed that some prominent groups propositioned the newly-unified German government to move the wall from Berlin to the <a href="/wiki/District_of_Columbia" class="mw-redirect" title="District of Columbia">District of Columbia</a>-Prince George's County border. </p><p>Sparsely-populated, mountainous Garrett County in the western panhandle of the state is a world unto itself. How it wound up in Maryland is anyone's guess, because it's 98.8% white, votes 4-to-1 Republican, has towns with names like Accident, is in no media market at all (<a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh" class="mw-redirect" title="Pittsburgh">Pittsburgh</a> stations come in, but poorly), elevation averages 2400 feet above sea level, the local radio station broadcasts weird religious stuff, and the job base is mainly in snowplow operators in the winter and seasonal Maryland Department of Forestry jobs in the summer, small farms, and mining. Kindred spirits: Boundary County, Idaho and Josephine County, Oregon. </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Exports">Exports</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fun:Maryland&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Exports">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <ul><li>Kix</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Zappa" title="Frank Zappa">Frank Zappa</a></li> <li>Blue crab</li> <li>Commuters to <a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." class="mw-redirect" title="Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Steele" title="Michael Steele">Michael Steele</a></li> <li>John Waters, the greatest documentarian Baltimore has ever had</li> <li><a href="/wiki/NSA" title="NSA">Highly Classified Information</a> (You see nothing)</li> <li>Chessie, the state's answer to the <a href="/wiki/Loch_Ness_Monster" title="Loch Ness Monster">Loch Ness Monster</a></li> <li>Jobs and businesses</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Snowden" title="Edward Snowden">Edward Snowden</a> (Former Resident)</li> <li>Civilization (The Game)</li> <li>Mary Avara, head of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maryland_State_Board_of_Censors" class="extiw" title="wp:Maryland State Board of Censors" rel="nofollow"><span style="color:#477979 !important;" title="Wikipedia: Maryland State Board of Censors">Maryland State Board of Censors</span></a><sup><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/12px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/18px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/24px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></sup> (1960-1981), which was the last state body dedicated to <a href="/wiki/Censorship" title="Censorship">censorship</a> of <a href="/wiki/Films" class="mw-redirect" title="Films">films</a> in the United States. She was a pro-censorship TV star during that time.</li> <li>Bethesda game studios, the makers of Skyrim and the Fallout series.</li></ul> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Imports">Imports</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fun:Maryland&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Imports">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <ul><li>National Bohemian, now brewed out of state</li> <li>Teams for the Ravens to defeat</li> <li>Teams to beat the Orioles</li></ul> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Maylanders">Maylanders</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fun:Maryland&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Maylanders">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Spiro_Agnew" class="mw-redirect" title="Spiro Agnew">Spiro Agnew</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Contrapoints" class="mw-redirect" title="Contrapoints">Contrapoints</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Kaline" class="extiw" title="wp:Al Kaline" rel="nofollow"><span style="color:#477979 !important;" title="Wikipedia: Al Kaline">Al Kaline</span></a><sup><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/12px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/18px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/24px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></sup></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cal_Ripken,_Jr." class="extiw" title="wp:Cal Ripken, Jr." rel="nofollow"><span style="color:#477979 !important;" title="Wikipedia: Cal Ripken, Jr.">Cal Ripken, Jr.</span></a><sup><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/12px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/18px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/24px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></sup></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babe_Ruth" class="extiw" title="wp:Babe Ruth" rel="nofollow"><span style="color:#477979 !important;" title="Wikipedia: Babe Ruth">Babe Ruth</span></a><sup><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/12px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/18px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/24px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></sup></li></ul> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Gallery">Gallery</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fun:Maryland&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Gallery">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <center><ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 260px"><div style="width: 260px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 255px;"><div style="margin:15px auto;"><a href="/wiki/File:Antietam_National_Battlefield_-_Sharpsburg,_Maryland_(6262913439).jpg" class="image"><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Antietam_National_Battlefield_-_Sharpsburg%2C_Maryland_%286262913439%29.jpg/169px-Antietam_National_Battlefield_-_Sharpsburg%2C_Maryland_%286262913439%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="169" height="225" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Antietam_National_Battlefield_-_Sharpsburg%2C_Maryland_%286262913439%29.jpg/253px-Antietam_National_Battlefield_-_Sharpsburg%2C_Maryland_%286262913439%29.jpg 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Antietam_National_Battlefield_-_Sharpsburg%2C_Maryland_%286262913439%29.jpg/337px-Antietam_National_Battlefield_-_Sharpsburg%2C_Maryland_%286262913439%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2112" data-file-height="2816" /></a></div></div> <div class="gallerytext"> <p>A memorial at the Antietam National Battlefield at Sharpsburg. </p> </div> </div></li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 260px"><div style="width: 260px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 255px;"><div style="margin:52.5px auto;"><a href="/wiki/File:Fort_mc_henry_cannon_Baltimore.jpg" class="image"><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Fort_mc_henry_cannon_Baltimore.jpg/225px-Fort_mc_henry_cannon_Baltimore.jpg" decoding="async" width="225" height="150" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Fort_mc_henry_cannon_Baltimore.jpg/338px-Fort_mc_henry_cannon_Baltimore.jpg 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Fort_mc_henry_cannon_Baltimore.jpg/450px-Fort_mc_henry_cannon_Baltimore.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3008" data-file-height="2000" /></a></div></div> <div class="gallerytext"> <p>The cannons at Fort McHenry, where the national anthem was penned. </p> </div> </div></li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 260px"><div style="width: 260px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 255px;"><div style="margin:60.5px auto;"><a href="/wiki/File:Annapolis_20201109.jpg" class="image"><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Annapolis_20201109.jpg/225px-Annapolis_20201109.jpg" decoding="async" width="225" height="134" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Annapolis_20201109.jpg/338px-Annapolis_20201109.jpg 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Annapolis_20201109.jpg/450px-Annapolis_20201109.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1850" data-file-height="1100" /></a></div></div> <div class="gallerytext"> <p>The capital, Annapolis. </p> </div> </div></li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 260px"><div style="width: 260px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 255px;"><div style="margin:44px auto;"><a href="/wiki/File:2016-07-20_16_38_07_View_west-northwest_across_a_tidal_marsh_from_Maryland_State_Route_261_(Bay_Avenue)_in_North_Beach,_Calvert_County,_Maryland.jpg" class="image"><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/2016-07-20_16_38_07_View_west-northwest_across_a_tidal_marsh_from_Maryland_State_Route_261_%28Bay_Avenue%29_in_North_Beach%2C_Calvert_County%2C_Maryland.jpg/225px-2016-07-20_16_38_07_View_west-northwest_across_a_tidal_marsh_from_Maryland_State_Route_261_%28Bay_Avenue%29_in_North_Beach%2C_Calvert_County%2C_Maryland.jpg" decoding="async" width="225" height="167" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/2016-07-20_16_38_07_View_west-northwest_across_a_tidal_marsh_from_Maryland_State_Route_261_%28Bay_Avenue%29_in_North_Beach%2C_Calvert_County%2C_Maryland.jpg/338px-2016-07-20_16_38_07_View_west-northwest_across_a_tidal_marsh_from_Maryland_State_Route_261_%28Bay_Avenue%29_in_North_Beach%2C_Calvert_County%2C_Maryland.jpg 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/2016-07-20_16_38_07_View_west-northwest_across_a_tidal_marsh_from_Maryland_State_Route_261_%28Bay_Avenue%29_in_North_Beach%2C_Calvert_County%2C_Maryland.jpg/450px-2016-07-20_16_38_07_View_west-northwest_across_a_tidal_marsh_from_Maryland_State_Route_261_%28Bay_Avenue%29_in_North_Beach%2C_Calvert_County%2C_Maryland.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3205" data-file-height="2376" /></a></div></div> <div class="gallerytext"> <p>A tidal marsh near State Route 261. </p> </div> </div></li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 260px"><div style="width: 260px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 255px;"><div style="margin:56.5px auto;"><a href="/wiki/File:LOWER_DEER_CREEK_VALLEY_HISTORIC_DISTRICT,_HARFORD_COUNTY,_MD.jpg" class="image"><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/LOWER_DEER_CREEK_VALLEY_HISTORIC_DISTRICT%2C_HARFORD_COUNTY%2C_MD.jpg/225px-LOWER_DEER_CREEK_VALLEY_HISTORIC_DISTRICT%2C_HARFORD_COUNTY%2C_MD.jpg" decoding="async" width="225" height="142" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/LOWER_DEER_CREEK_VALLEY_HISTORIC_DISTRICT%2C_HARFORD_COUNTY%2C_MD.jpg/338px-LOWER_DEER_CREEK_VALLEY_HISTORIC_DISTRICT%2C_HARFORD_COUNTY%2C_MD.jpg 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/LOWER_DEER_CREEK_VALLEY_HISTORIC_DISTRICT%2C_HARFORD_COUNTY%2C_MD.jpg/450px-LOWER_DEER_CREEK_VALLEY_HISTORIC_DISTRICT%2C_HARFORD_COUNTY%2C_MD.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2685" data-file-height="1689" /></a></div></div> <div class="gallerytext"> <p>The Dr. Thomas Worthington House, which was once a stop on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Underground_Railroad" class="extiw" title="wp:Underground Railroad" rel="nofollow"><span style="color:#477979 !important;" title="Wikipedia: Underground Railroad">Underground Railroad</span></a><sup><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/12px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/18px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/24px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></sup>. </p> </div> </div></li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 260px"><div style="width: 260px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 255px;"><div style="margin:43px auto;"><a href="/wiki/File:Savage_River_(Maryland)_from_Allegany_Bridge_Dam_Release_1000_cfs.jpg" class="image"><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Savage_River_%28Maryland%29_from_Allegany_Bridge_Dam_Release_1000_cfs.jpg/250px-Savage_River_%28Maryland%29_from_Allegany_Bridge_Dam_Release_1000_cfs.jpg" decoding="async" width="225" height="169" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Savage_River_%28Maryland%29_from_Allegany_Bridge_Dam_Release_1000_cfs.jpg/500px-Savage_River_%28Maryland%29_from_Allegany_Bridge_Dam_Release_1000_cfs.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1200" /></a></div></div> <div class="gallerytext"> <p>Rafting on the Savage River. </p> </div> </div></li> </ul></center> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="References">References</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fun:Maryland&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: References">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <div class="references-small" style="-moz-column-count:1; -webkit-column-count:1; column-count:1; font-size:80%;"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-Census-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">↑ <sup><a href="#cite_ref-Census_1-0">1.0</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-Census_1-1">1.1</a></sup></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/24000.html">http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/24000.html</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-2">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/maryland-state-song-repealed-refers-to-lincoln-as-tyrant-urges-succession/">Maryland state song, which refers to Lincoln as "tyrant" and urges secession, is repealed</a>. <i>CBS News</i>, 20 May 2021.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-3">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">YouTube video: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7X8LPmI_uIY">This guy sings the song and explains some of the lyrics.</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-4">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">YouTube video: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzXfkaBPyic">Some local fourth graders visited the state capitol to lobby for an official change of lyrics.</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-5">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/local/wp/2018/05/09/hey-liberals-better-get-your-guns-if-you-try-to-impeach-this-pro-trump-sign-outside-washington-is-coming-down/">https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/local/wp/2018/05/09/hey-liberals-better-get-your-guns-if-you-try-to-impeach-this-pro-trump-sign-outside-washington-is-coming-down/</a></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div role="navigation" aria-labelledby="States_of_the_United_States-navbox" style="clear:both;"> <table class="toccolours collapsible collapsed autocollapse innercollapse outercollapse navbox nowraplinks" style="width:100%;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="4" style="background:#1E90FF; color:white; text-align:center;"><div style="float:left;" class="navbar"><div class="vte plainlinks" style="font-size:smaller; text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Template:Usstates" title="Template:Usstates"><span style="color:white">v</span></a> - <a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Usstates" title="Template talk:Usstates"><span 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title="Fun:Maine">Maine</a> • <a href="/wiki/Fun:Massachusetts" title="Fun:Massachusetts">Massachusetts</a> • <a href="/wiki/Fun:New_Hampshire" title="Fun:New Hampshire">New Hampshire</a> • <a href="/wiki/Fun:New_York" title="Fun:New York">New York</a> • <a href="/wiki/Fun:Pennsylvania" title="Fun:Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania</a> • <a href="/wiki/Fun:Rhode_Island" title="Fun:Rhode Island">Rhode Island</a> • <a href="/wiki/Fun:Vermont" title="Fun:Vermont">Vermont</a> • <a href="/wiki/Fun:Delaware" title="Fun:Delaware">Delaware</a> • <a href="/wiki/Fun:New_Jersey" title="Fun:New Jersey">New Jersey</a> • </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="3" style="background:#1E90FF; width:25%; text-align:right;"><b><a href="/wiki/Category:Southern_United_States_states" title="Category:Southern United States states"><span style="color:white; font-size:125%">Southern United States states:</span></a></b> </td> <td style="background:#97DEFF;"> <a href="/wiki/Fun:Alabama" title="Fun:Alabama">Alabama</a> • <a href="/wiki/Fun:Mississippi" title="Fun:Mississippi">Mississippi</a> • <a href="/wiki/Fun:Louisiana" title="Fun:Louisiana">Louisiana</a> • <a href="/wiki/Fun:Kentucky" title="Fun:Kentucky">Kentucky</a> • <a href="/wiki/Fun:Georgia_(U.S._state)" title="Fun:Georgia (U.S. state)">Georgia (U.S. state)</a> • <a href="/wiki/Fun:West_Virginia" title="Fun:West Virginia">West Virginia</a> • <a href="/wiki/Fun:Texas" title="Fun:Texas">Texas</a> • <a href="/wiki/Fun:Tennessee" title="Fun:Tennessee">Tennessee</a> • <a href="/wiki/Fun:South_Carolina" title="Fun:South Carolina">South Carolina</a> • <a href="/wiki/Fun:Oklahoma" title="Fun:Oklahoma">Oklahoma</a> • <a href="/wiki/Fun:North_Carolina" title="Fun:North Carolina">North Carolina</a> • <a href="/wiki/Fun:Arkansas" title="Fun:Arkansas">Arkansas</a> • <a href="/wiki/Fun:Virginia" title="Fun:Virginia">Virginia</a> • <a href="/wiki/Fun:Florida" title="Fun:Florida">Florida</a> • </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="3" style="background:#1E90FF; 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