State Symbols
Maryland became a state on April 28,1788. The first people to live in what’s now Maryland arrived at least 13,000 years ago, though humans may have been in the area as many as 21,000 years ago. Archaeologists know this because they’ve found arrowheads, beads, and other ancient items in and around Maryland’s Chesapeake Bay. British rule wouldn’t last: Maryland signed the Declaration of Independence in 1776. After the United States won the Revolutionary War in 1783, Annapolis, Maryland, became the new country’s capital—but for less than a year. Maryland was made the seventh U.S. state in 1788, and gave up part of its land two years later to help create Washington, D.C.
Baltimore Oriole
Smith Island
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White oak
Milk
Diamondback Terrapin
Patuxent River
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Chesapeake Bay Retriever
Places to visit in Maryland
Assateague Island
Assateague Island is a 37-mile (60 km) long barrier island located off the eastern coast of the Delmarva peninsula facing the Atlantic Ocean. The northern two-thirds of the island is in Maryland while the southern third is in Virginia. The Maryland section contains the majority of Assateague Island National Seashore and Assateague State Park. It is best known for its herds of feral horses, pristine beaches and the Assateague Lighthouse. The island also contains numerous marshes, bays, and coves, including Toms Cove. Bridge access for cars is possible from both Maryland and Virginia, though no road runs the full north/south length of the island.
Old Town Annapolis
Maryland Crab Houses
Annapolis, Maryland’s capital city, is on Chesapeake Bay. Its historic district includes 18th-century brick houses and the domed 1700s Maryland State House. On Church Circle, the Romanesque-style St. Anne’s Episcopal Church has Tiffany glass windows and a historic cemetery. The sprawling waterfront grounds of the United States Naval Academy feature beaux arts architecture, monuments and a naval history museum. Whether you’re in town for the day or making the most out of a weekend by staying downtown, walking around Annapolis is always a treat.
Steamed crab, crab cakes, crab feasts . . . If there’s one thing that Marylanders are universally proud of, it’s Maryland blue crabs. The meat is sweet, tender and in abundance in restaurants throughout the state. At any casual crab shack picnic table covered in newspaper, wielding a mallet and sharp knife to crack the crab and get at its succulent meat.
Maryland
State brid art
Northeast Regional Artist ANDY WARHOL
Students learned about American artist Andy Warhol and his Pop Art style. Warhol called his studio “The Factory” and mass produced fine art prints of everyday objects from popular culture like the Campbell’s soup can and celebrity images. Fourth grade artist looked at the popular Kansas City image of the Shuttlecock sculptures on the Nelson-Atkins lawn and created a linoleum cut block for printmaking using traditional gauges and printing inks. They had to really think about the negative and positive spaces as they carved away the parts of the block that they did NOT want to print.
Southeast Reginal Artist GEORGE RODRIGUE
Fourth grade studied the art of New Orleans artist George Rodigue and his famous “Blue Dog.” They learned about Cajun culture and the legend of the Loup Garou that the Blue Dog is partially inspired by. Students then created their own blue dog giving them a personality or character of their own choosing! Students had to break down the contour of the dog into basic shapes to create their compositions. They also studied color theory and learned how to create secondary and tertiary colors using only primary!