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Introduction Maryland (US:/ˈmɛrɪlənd/ ⓘMERR-il-ənd) is astate in theMid-Atlantic andSouth Atlantic region of the United States. It borders the states ofVirginia to its south,West Virginia to its west,Pennsylvania to its north, andDelaware to its east, as well as with theAtlantic Ocean to its east, and the national capital and federal district ofWashington, D.C. to the southwest. With a total area of 12,407 square miles (32,130 km2), Maryland is theninth-smallest state by land area, and its population of 6,177,224 ranks it the18th-most populous state and thefifth-most densely populated. Maryland's capital city isAnnapolis, and the state's most populous city isBaltimore. Maryland's coastline was first explored by Europeans in the 16th century. Prior to that, it was inhabited by severalNative American tribes, mostly theAlgonquian peoples. One of the originalThirteen Colonies, theProvince of Maryland was founded in 1634 byGeorge Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore, aCatholic convert who sought to provide a religious haven for Catholics persecuted in England. In 1632,Charles I of England granted Lord Baltimore acolonial charter, naming the colony after his wife,Henrietta Maria. In 1649, the Maryland General Assembly passed anAct Concerning Religion, which enshrined the principle oftoleration. Religious strife was common in Maryland's early years, andCatholics remained a minority, albeit in greater numbers than in any other English colony. Maryland's early settlements and population centers clustered around waterways that empty into theChesapeake Bay. Its economy was heavilyplantation-based and centered mostly on the cultivation oftobacco. Demand for cheap labor from Maryland colonists led to the importation of numerousindentured servants andenslaved Africans. In 1760, Maryland's current boundaries took form following thesettlement of a long-running border dispute with Pennsylvania. Many of its citizens playedkey political and military roles in theAmerican Revolutionary War. Although it was aslave state, Marylandremained in the Union during theAmerican Civil War, and its proximity to Washington D.C. and Virginia made ita significant strategic location. After the Civil War ended in 1865, Maryland took part in theIndustrial Revolution, driven by its seaports, railroad networks, and mass immigration from Europe. (Full article...)
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Jerome DaughertySJ (March 25, 1849 – May 24, 1914) was an AmericanCatholic priest andJesuit who served in many different capacities atJesuit institutions throughout thenortheast United States, eventually becomingpresident of Georgetown University in 1901. Born inBaltimore, he was educated atLoyola College in Maryland, before entering the Society of Jesus and becoming a member of the first class atWoodstock College. He then taught various subjects, including mathematics, Latin, Ancient Greek,rhetoric, and thehumanities inMassachusetts,New York City, andWashington, D.C., and served as minister at many of the institutions there.
During his four-year leadership ofGeorgetown University, he oversaw several construction projects, the largest of which were the demolition of Old South Hall and its replacement with Ida Ryan Hall, and the construction of Hirst Library insideHealy Hall. He also continued his predecessor's work of reforming the curriculum, and managing tensions with theCatholic University of America. After his resignation, he continued his ministry inMaryland, Washington, andPhiladelphia, before returning to New York, where he died. (Full article...)
TheStar-Spangled Banner Flag House, formerly theFlag House & Star-Spangled Banner Museum, is a museum located in theJonestown/Old Town and adjacent toLittle Italy neighborhoods of eastern downtownBaltimore, Maryland, United States.
Built in 1793, it was the home ofMary Young Pickersgill when she moved to Baltimore in 1806 and the location where she later sewed the "Star Spangled Banner," in 1813, the huge out-sized garrison flag that flew overFort McHenry at Whetstone Point in Baltimore Harbor in the summer of 1814 during the BritishRoyal Navy attack in theBattle of Baltimore during theWar of 1812. The museum contains furniture and antiques from the Federal period as well as items from the Pickersgill family. (Full article...)
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