Maryland is one of the most multicultural states in the country; it is one of the nine states where non-Whites compose a majority of the population, with the fifth-highest percentage of African Americans, and high numbers of residents born in Africa, Asia, Central America, and the Caribbean.

Maryland, constituent state of the United States of America. One of the original 13 states, it lies at the center of the Eastern Seaboard. Annapolis, the state capital, lies on Chesapeake Bay, roughly equidistant from Baltimore (north) and Washington, D.C. (west).

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Maryland is a state on the Atlantic seaboard of the eastern United States. It shares borders with Pennsylvania to the north along the Mason-Dixon Line, Delaware to the east, Virginia to the south and southwest across the Potomac River, and West Virginia to the west and southwest.

You’re Welcome to Experience the Stories that Shaped Maryland Follow Harriet Tubman's journey on the Underground Railroad, walk historic colonial streets, witness Civil War reenactments, and see Fort McHenry, birthplace of "The Star-Spangled Banner."

Maryland was among the four divided border states during the American Civil War (1861–1865), with most Marylanders fighting for the Union Army, along with a large number for the Confederacy. As a border state, it officially remained in the Union throughout the war.

Maryland is known as the "Old Line State," named after the Maryland Line, a regiment that fought in the American Revolution. Maryland surrounds most of the Chesapeake Bay, and the state is known for its Crabs and Crab Cakes.

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Maryland is sometimes called the “Old Line State” in honor of the Maryland troops who served with Gen. George Washington. Among the most-reliable troops in the Continental Army, they were often given difficult tasks; Washington called them “The Maryland Line.”