Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-03-25
MY MARYLAND, p"
THE PEERLESS.
A State Of First Things" It's
Interesting History.
CELEBRATES BIRTHDAY.
A State Small In Area But Of
Historic Renown. 284 Years
Old Today.

| Maryland today celebrates her
2S4th birthday, and is proud of her
years as she is of her greatness.
Those who were born in Maryland
or who live in Maryland and claim il
as their State by adoption have much,
very much TO sustain them in taking
deep pride in it and its achieve
ments. The more one studies the his
tory OF Maryland the more there is of
| intense interest that unfolds itself to
ones view. IL has played no little
part in the making of the nation. Its
| sons have added lustre TO the pages
/ OF our country's record. On the MEM /
orial tablets OF Church and State, |
bench and bar, army and navy, the
various professions and of every line
of endeavor are emblazoned the
! names of Maryland men who have
rendered signal service TO their coun
| try in the time in which they lived.
OF the States of the Union in area
Maryland is one of the smallest; of
the States of the Union in historic re-
nown Maryland is the peerless.
The factors on which this claim is
based are:
With it's settlement in 1884, Mary
| land began the first government where
religious Liberty was the cornerstone
Of its faith and principles
Maryland was the first colony that
sent word to the king, and that in
the year 1858, that they would not
consent to pass bin that he had
commanded them 10 pass.
Maryland was the pioneer of Ameri-
can Revolution, because by refusing to
pass bills of supply TO the king for
the French and Indian War (because
the rich and favored were protected
from taxation by Lord Baltimore) they
were the most instrumental in bring
ing about the Stamp Act and its kim
, dred legisltion that caused Americans
TO revolt
Maryland fought the first battle of
the Revolution when, on August 20,
17G5, it drove Hood, the stamp officer,
from Annapolis and would not let him
land.
Maryland's citizens in February,
I770i would not let British vessel
land at annapolis because it had pro-
hibted goods on it and not one dol
:
was allowed 10 be put ashore.
Maryland's citizens in broad day
light. without masks, made the owner
of the Peggy Stewart" on October
10, 1774, burn his vessel because he
paid taxes on The hated tea.
Maryland furnished the man, Dan
iel Dulany, who gave William Pitt his
arguments 10 defend American in
1866 in Parliament when he moved the
repeal of the Stamp Act.
Maryland gave birth to the man who
suggested and nominated Washington
as the Commander-in-Chief of the
Continental Army, Thomas Johnson.
| Maryland gave more men to the
Army of the Revolution than, accord
ing TO its population, did any other
/ colony.
Maryland soldiers were THE Tenth
Legion" of the Army of Washington.
Maryland's Four Hundred saved
| Sullivan's Army from destruction on
| Staten Island.
The unauthorized order of Howard
of Maryland to charge bayonet" at
! Cowpens won the most important bat
| lie Of the Revolution.
Marylands soldiers fought on every
| battlefield from Boston to Charleston
in the Revolution.
Maryland in the War of 1912, with
! its Baltimore Clippers, swept the com
| merce of Britain in large part from
| the seas.
The State of Maryland furnished
the man, Francis Scott Key, who
wrote The Star-Spangled Banner"
In the war with Mexico Maryland's
Mayos, Ridgelys and Watsons added
| new glory to American valor.
In the Spanish-American War
/ Maryland soldiers were first in camp
in response to the call of the Presi-
dent for troops and Maryland's own
/ accomplished peerless naval officers
! led the American fleet on July 3,
1898. off Santiago to glorious and i'm
mortal victory.
/ Maryland may well lay claim to be-
ing in many fields of the place of
| first things Even q cursory glance
over the annals of the State shows
| thar Maryland was the first State in
| the New World in which all religions
| were tolerated: that q Marylander
I
was in the first Cabinet CWashing-
| ton's); that the first Chief Justice of
the United States Supreme Court
| (Roger B. Taney) was a Marylander.
Maryland has filled fourteen Cabinet
positions, by the way, and has had
four Associate Justices on the Su-
preme Court Bench.
The first railroad in the United
/ States. and on which the first locomo-
tive was operated, was built in 1880
/ between Baltimore and ElIicott City
The first line of telegraph in the
country was constructed and operated
in 1914 between Baltimore and Wash
ingtOn-
The first submarine boat was built
in Maryland, also the first in build
ing Cthe old Sun building), the first