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Capital	Annapolis
Nickname	Old Line State / Free State
Motto	Fatti Maschii Parole Femine (Manly deeds, womanly words)
Statehood	April 28, 1788 (7th)
Origin of State's Name	Named to honor Henrietta Maria, wife of England's King Charles I.
Largest Cities	Baltimore, Columbia, Silver Spring, Dundalk, Wheaton-Glenmont, Ellicott City
Border States	Delaware, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia
Area	9,775 sq. mi., 42nd largest
State Bird	Baltimore Oriole
State Flower	Black-Eyed Susan (rudbeckia hirta)
State Tree	White Oak
State Song	Maryland, My Maryland
It's believed that Lord Baltimore, who received a charter for the land in 1632, named the state after Queen Henrietta Maria, wife of King Charles I. One of the original 13 states to join the Union (in 1788), Maryland is in the middle of the Eastern Seaboard. The Mason and Dixon line - marking the boundary between Pennsylvania and Maryland - was drawn in the 1760s to settle a dispute between the Penn and Calvert families. In addition it is the traditional boundary between the North and the South. Chesapeake Bay, which cuts deep into Maryland, provides the state with several excellent harbors including Baltimore and Annapolis, the home of the United States Naval Academy. The long Chesapeake Bay shoreline offers opportunities for boating, fishing and swimming. Old mansions and historic sites throughout the state appeal to visitors. One of Maryland's most famous annual events is the Preakness Stakes, a horse race run each May at the Pimlico race track in Baltimore.

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