Historically, large Irish American communities have been found in Philadelphia ; Chicago ; Boston ; New York City ; Detroit ; New England ; Baltimore ; Pittsburgh ; St. Paul, Minnesota ; Buffalo ; Broome County ; Los Angeles ; and the San Francisco Bay Area.

* Baltimore, Maryland and Washington, D. C. as part of the Baltimore – Washington Metropolitan Area, a megalopolis with many other component cities and towns, including many in Virginia.

Due to the proximity of Howard County's population centers to Baltimore, the county has traditionally been considered a part of the Baltimore Metropolitan Area.

Baltimore / Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport is an international airport serving the Baltimore-Washington Metropolitan Area in the United States.

Karzai has six brothers, including Mahmood Karzai and Quayum Karzai, who are both Afghan American restaurant owners in the Baltimore – Washington Metropolitan Area of the United States, as well as Ahmed Wali Karzai, deceased, who was the representative for the southern Afghanistan region.

Baltimore Area Councils First Camp

Linstead is the Baltimore Area Councils first Camp.

The Baltimore Area Council includes thirteen districts:

Baltimore Area Council partners with approximately 800 community based organizations providing programs to more than 35, 000 youth each year.

Baltimore Area Council operates three full service Scout Shops either directly or thru license with the National Council, Boy Scouts of America in Baltimore City, Hanover and Whiteford in Harford County, Maryland.

In 2008, Baltimore Area Council announced ten top initiative programs to highlight the Boy Scouts of America 100th Anniversary in 2010.

The Top Ten Initiatives are: Star-Spangled Camporee at Ft. McHenry and surrounding City Parks, Scout Sunday And Sabbath, Anniversary Black Tie Gala, Gathering of Eagles, Flag Ceremonies, the 100 Great Moments in Baltimore Area Scouting History, Birthday Card Contest, Scouting Mural / Mosaic Project and the 100th Anniversary Service Project.

In February 2009, the Star-Spangled Banner Flag or the Great Garrison Flag ( also known as the 15 Star Flag ) was officially adopted as the Official U. S. Flag of the Baltimore Area Council, Boy Scouts of America by authority of the Council Executive Board.

Baltimore Area Council operates a Scout camp in Harford County, Maryland known as Broad Creek Memorial Scout Reservation.

In 2009, a new Rosenberg Welcome Center, formerly the Reservation HQ, and the expansion of the Dining Hall Pavilion at Camp Oest were constructed to accommodate attendance growth and goals in the 2008-2012 Baltimore Area Council Strategic Plan.

It was held at Baltimore Area Council's camp at Broad Creek Scout Reservation in an area known as Camp Spencer.

It is part of the Seaford Micropolitan Statistical Area and lies within Baltimore Hundred.

Severna Park is part of the Baltimore-Washington Metropolitan Area, and is located approximately 8 miles north of Annapolis, 17 miles south of Baltimore, and 39 miles east of Washington, D. C. Severna Park's population was 37, 634 at the 2010 census.

Parkville, like the rest of the Baltimore Metropolitan Area, lies within the Humid subtropical climate zone, with hot summers and cool to chilly winters and abundant precipitation year-round.

Manchester is a rural commuting town where residents travel to work in the greater Baltimore Metropolitan Area and the greater Washington Metropolitan Area.

Other parts of APG not attached to the main installation include the Churchville Test Area in Harford County, and the Carroll Island and Graces Quarters in Baltimore County, Maryland.

Van Buren was unanimously nominated by the 1835 Democratic National Convention at Baltimore.

Although he did not attend the 1912 Democratic National Convention in Baltimore, his name was put forward as Indiana's choice for president.

The 1832 Democratic National Convention, the first of the Democratic Party, was held in the Athenaeum in Baltimore ( the same venue as the two opposition parties ) from May 21, 1832, to May 23, 1832.

Although Southerners disliked the New Yorker Van Buren as well as his intended running mate, Colonel Richard Mentor Johnson of Kentucky, Van Buren secured the nomination at a meeting in Baltimore, Maryland, at the 1835 Democratic National Convention.

The 1852 Whig National Convention, held in Baltimore, Maryland, was bitterly divided.

The 1835 Democratic National Convention, in Baltimore, in May 1835, was held under the two-thirds rule, largely to demonstrate Van Buren's wide popularity, and, although Van Buren himself was nominated unanimously, Johnson barely obtained the necessary two thirds of the vote.

Waldrop was one of three writer Guests of Honor at the 1995 World Fantasy Convention held in Baltimore and at Readercon 15 held in Burlington, Massachusetts, in 2003.

A dramatic moment in the life of Senator Bankhead took place at the 1912 Democratic Convention in Baltimore.

These included kidnapping anti-war protest organizers and transporting them to Mexico during the Republican National Convention ( which at the time was planned for San Diego ), as well as luring mid-level Democratic campaign officials to a house boat in Baltimore where they would be secretly photographed in compromising positions with prostitutes.

* Baltimore Convention Center, in downtown Baltimore, Maryland

The Baltimore Sun said on April 21, 2008, " There's just a glimpse of the Bromo Seltzer Tower's crenellated top just to the right of the new Hilton Baltimore Convention Center hotel ... something's drastically different at Oriole Park this year ... the sweeping view of downtown Baltimore that fans have enjoyed for the past 16 seasons has changed considerably ..." Sportswriter Peter Schmuck complained, " the big, antiseptic convention hotel ... looms over Camden Yards ... has blocked out the best part of the Baltimore skyline ".

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.

The Baltimore Convention Center is a convention and exhibition hall located in downtown Baltimore, Maryland.

Another expansion to the Baltimore Convention Center has been proposed at a estimated cost of $ 400 million that includes a new 500 room hotel and a 18, 500 seat arena, the entire project itself is estimated to cost $ 900 million total ( see " Proposed Arena-convention center-hotel Project " section for more details on this most recent expansion proposal ).

As was the case with Harborplace, which opened in 1980 ; the Maryland Science Center, which opened in 1976 ; and the National Aquarium in Baltimore, which opened in 1981, the Convention Center was intended to be a catalyst for tourism, an important part of the City's post-manufacturing economic development plans.

An Abell Foundation report in June 2005 describes the Convention Center as having been " built as an economic development tool to attract to Baltimore conventions, trade shows, and meetings that would leave in the city millions of dollars spent on lodging, food, entertainment, and other services.

" ( Controversy, 2005, p. 3 ) A report on economic development in the area, entitled Subsidizing the Low Road: Economic Development in Baltimore, states that " public and non-profit facilities such as the Maryland Science Center, the World Trade Center, the Convention Center, and the National Aquarium " ( Subsidizing, 2002, p. 11 ) were part of then-mayor Schaefer's " focus on real estate, retailing and tourism sectors " ( p. 10 ), as areas for growth, as well as his utilization of "' public / private partnerships ' to pursue economic development " ( p. 11 ).

According to the Baltimore Area Convention and Visitors Association ( BACVA ), spending from domestic travelers in 2002 was $ 8. 476 billion statewide ; $ 2. 8 billion in Baltimore alone.

On the weekend of July 1, 2005, Harborplace celebrated its 25th anniversary with an opening ceremony containing known local politicians and other honoraries such as Maryland Governor Robert L. Ehrlich, Baltimore Mayor Martin O ' Malley, and Baltimore Area Convention & Visitors Association ( BACVA ) president Leslie R. Doggett.

* Baltimore Area Convention & Visitors Association

* Baltimore Visitors Center

The Baltimore Sun said that the hotel will be connected to the Baltimore Convention Center via a second-story skywalk and that the Baltimore Area Convention & Visitors Association's statistics showed that the lack of a convention center hotel caused Baltimore to lose approximately 120, 000 room bookings, approximating $ 100 million in lost revenue, in the past three years.

Visit Baltimore, formerly the Baltimore Area Convention & Visitors Association ( BACVA ), is a quasi-public organization started in 1980 by then-Baltimore Mayor William Donald Schaefer.

An major event for BACVA in 2004 occurred in May when they officially opened a totally new Baltimore Visitors Center which was radically different from the old visitors center which was inside an antiquated modified construction trailer.

The new Baltimore Visitors Center is 8, 000 square feet ( 740 m² ) and is located next to the Light Street Pavilion of Harborplace and has a unique design.

The Baltimore Visitors Center cost $ 4. 5 million to construct and is 8, 000 square feet ( 700 m² ) in size.

In its first year of operation ( May 7, 2004 – May 7, 2005 ), the Baltimore Visitors Center attracted nearly 390, 000 visitors, which exceeded BACVA's original estimate of 250, 000.

Visitors to the Baltimore Visitors Center in its first year of operation, booked 422 hotel rooms, worth $ 48, 296 and bought 14, 942 tickets worth about $ 223, 286.

Inside the Baltimore Visitors Center are racks of brochures with information ranging from Baltimore's neighborhoods to major attractions, including the Maryland Science Center, the National Aquarium in Baltimore, Power Plant Live !, Camden Yards Sports Complex, and Geppi's Entertainment Museum.

In 2009, BACVA made a decision at their annual meeting to change its name from the Baltimore Area Convention and Visitors Association to Visit Baltimore to make it more easier for the public to recognize Baltimore's tourism agency and that it followed a industry standard at the time of having tourism agencies have a name that reflect their mission.

Cummings serves on numerous Maryland boards and commissions including the Board of Visitors ( BOV ) to the United States Naval Academy, the Baltimore Zoo Board of Trustees, the Elijah Cummings Youth Program in Israel ( ECYP ), the Baltimore Aquarium Board of Trustees, the Baltimore Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America Board of Directors and the Dunbar-Hopkins Health Partnership Executive Board.