Many of Maryland's first settlers were Catholic, including at least two Catholic priests, one of whom became the earliest chronicler of the colony's history.

From Maryland's earliest days, Cecilius Calvert had enjoined its colonists to leave religious rivalries behind.

The Ordinance of 1639, Maryland's earliest comprehensive law, expressed a general commitment to the rights of man, but did not specifically detail protections for religious minorities of any kind.

* 21 April 1649 – Maryland Toleration Act in the early American colony Province of Maryland, also known as the Act Concerning Religion, was passed by Maryland's colonial assembly mandating religious tolerance for Catholicism.

Serving in Maryland's 7th Congressional district for five terms, Kweisi made himself known as a Democrat with an apparent balance between strong progressive ideologies and a capacity for practical compromise, representing a district that included both West Baltimore and suburban and rural communities, though his primary goal was an increase in federal aid to American inner cities.

It is located on the Delmarva Peninsula, an area known as Maryland's Eastern Shore.

Maryland's jury trial courts are called " Circuit Courts " ( non-jury trials are usually conducted by the " District Courts ," whose decisions may be appealed to the Circuit Courts ), and the intermediate appellate court is called the " Court of Special Appeals ".

Garrett County is part of Maryland's 6th congressional district and Oakland is the county seat.

The county is located within Maryland's 6th congressional district.

The county is part of the Delmarva Peninsula as well as Maryland's " Eastern Shore.

It is the least populous of Maryland's 23 counties.

Kent County is the most politically competitive county on Maryland's eastern shore.

In Narragansett Bay, the Jamestown Verrazzano Bridge is also named for him, as is Maryland's Verrazano Bridge.

The coat of arms of Maryland's founding Cecilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore | Calvert family is shown.

Morgan is Maryland's designated public urban university and the largest HBCU in the state of Maryland.

The poem is now Maryland's official state song.

Cambridge is the fourth most populous city in Maryland's Eastern Shore region, after Salisbury, Elkton and Easton.

The house is a well preserved example of Maryland's gambrel-roofed colonial architecture, and is more specifically noteworthy as an excellent example of southern Maryland tidewater architecture.

" Waterfowl Festival, Inc. is dedicated to wildlife conservation, the promotion of wildlife art, and the celebration of life on Maryland's Eastern Shore.

It is the county seat of Wicomico County, Maryland and the largest city in Maryland's Eastern Shore region.

For example, " As the system's flagship campus, Amherst draws from throughout the Commonwealth, the nation and the world ;" and " It is a pleasure to report to the General Assembly on the accomplishments and initiatives of the State Maryland's Flagship University.

It is little more than an intersection of state Routes 16 and 578 on Maryland's Eastern Shore.

It is also grown in Harrow and Ruthven, Ontario, and in Kelowna, B. C., Canada ; Floyd, Wythe, Rockbridge, and Fauquier counties, Virginia ; Harford County, Maryland at Fiore Winery on Maryland's Eastern Shore ; Daviess County, Kentucky ; Greenbrier, Calhoun, Roane, and Mineral counties in West Virginia ; Allegan County, Michigan ; the Shawnee Hills AVA of southern Illinois ; Monroe County, Indiana ; the Yadkin Valley and Haw River Valley of North Carolina ; eastern Missouri ; south-central Kansas ; the Hunter Valley and other warm, humid regions in Australia ; and also in France, although it can not be sold as a quality wine in Europe.

Otakon is traditionally held on a Friday, Saturday, and Sunday in late summer at the Baltimore Convention Center in Baltimore, Maryland's Inner Harbor district.

This portion of the parkway is dedicated to Gladys Noon Spellman, a representative of Maryland's 5th congressional district, and has the hidden Maryland Route 295 designation.

Maryland's 8th District hugs the northern border of Washington, D. C. and is one of the wealthiest and most educated congressional districts in the nation.

The Virginia Governor, who had not been aware of Scarborough's escapades, was sympathetic to Maryland's charges and agreed to negotiate an amicable settlement of the boundary on the Peninsula.

Maryland's border with Delaware was to be based on the Transpeninsular Line and the Twelve-Mile Circle around New Castle.

During the Colonial period, Maryland's Proprietors, the Lords of Baltimore, who generally remained in England, chose who would serve as the Governor of Maryland on their behalf.

The museum has the desk that George Washington resigned his commission on, prior to becoming President, a rare Latin Bible from 1482, and some jewels and regalia of Maryland's past Grand Masters.

* William N. Andrews, U. S. Representative for Maryland's 1st congressional district ( 1919 – 1921 ), born in Hurlock on November 13, 1876.

This was later augmented by the southward extension of the Eastern Shore Railroad on Maryland's Eastern Shore.

* J. Harry Covington, U. S. Representative for Maryland's 1st congressional district ; born in Easton on August 15, 1863

MARC, Maryland's commuter rail system, operates trains on weekdays on its which terminates in Martinsburg.

* Queen Anne, Maryland, on Maryland's Eastern Shore

Paul Sarbanes was born on Maryland's Eastern Shore in the city of Salisbury to Greek parents, Matina ( née Tsigounis ) and Spyros P. Sarbanes, who had emmigrated from Laconia, Greece and owned a Salisbury restaurant.

The grand jury presiding over the Bias case issued a final report on February 26, 1987, that criticized the University of Maryland's athletic department, admissions office, and campus police.

Baines graduated in 1977 from St. Michaels High School on Maryland's Eastern Shore where, as a senior, he batted. 532 and was named a High School All-American .< ref >

* The Archives of Maryland extensive site on Maryland's various Legislative bodies.

Charles was one of the committee of the convention that drafted the Declaration and Charter of Rights and form of government for the state of Maryland which served as Maryland's first new constitution after it was adopted on November 3, 1776.

The Post also reports some in the Maryland's Attorney General's Office office worry the law is not Constitutional, may risk retaliation towards Maryland firms overseas, and may risk federal funding for Maryland " by imposing arbitrary procurement demands on a single company.

With 1925 origins as a research station on Solomons Island, the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science ( UMCES ) is one the University System of Maryland's two scientific research centers.

War on the Shore: The annual men's lacrosse game, held in late spring between Washington College and Salisbury University, two of Maryland's Eastern Shore's undergraduate schools.