The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-03-24
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MARYLAND DAY

Day, and legal holiday in our
State. 1t marks the anniversary of
the landing at st. Clements Island,
now Blackstone's Island, st. Mary's
County of the first settlers in Mary
land, in the year 1884. 1t is commem-
Grated by special exercises in the
public schools of the State.
A writer in singing the praises of
Maryland, puts it in the following
manner:
AS the dawn's early light touches
Fort McHenry, a young prisoner OF
war on a boat in the harbor strains
his eyes for the fintter of flag. The
sun mounts. 1t reaches the flag. 1t
is his f1ag-his star-spangled banner.
And Francis Scott Key pours forth
from the depths of his heart the i'm
mortal words of our national an
them:
"Oh, say can you see, by the
dawn's early light,
What so proudly we hailed at the
twilight's last cleaning"
Men have always loved Maryland,
have honored it in song, in heroic
lteed. Three hundred years ago its
English owners, tie Calverts, loved it.
it was theirs by grant to the first
Lord Baltimore. named for his gra-
cious queen, Maria. They bought it
without bloodshed; they gave their
blood to building colonies where men
might worship as their conscience
led.
Washington loved it. 1t was in
Baltimore's old Congress Hall that
extraordinary powers were given
him to fight for independence. 1t was
at Annapolis seven years later, his
great work finished, that he laid
down his sword.
And men today love Maryland. The
climate is friendly, the cities are
friendly.
Here is Annapolis, the mother of
naval men. Here Edgewood Arsenal
and Aberdeen Proving Grounds play
4 front line part in national defense.
Here is Johns Hopkins, the grea.
post graduate school, where science
and medicine take seven-league
strides. Here Barbara Friatchie
waved her flag, and Edgar Allen Poe
les buried.
Here too, is cambridge, which is
doing its part in Naval training in
World War II.
And here are industries to which
the whole world pays tribute-the
aydro-electric plant at Conowingo,
the more than two thousand factories
in Baltimore alone.
The Baltimore Clipper was fleet
st of ships; the steam engine that
more than century ago ploughea
is way down Baltimore tracks, open
ID a new era in American transpor
alton. To Baltimore the first tele
gram was flashed. The high-speed
newspaper of today is made possible
by Maryland invention, the limo
-ype.
All this is progress. Yet there lin
gers still along the countryside the
harm of old plantation days. Lovers
If fine horses wait breathlessly at
he finish line Sportsmen foregather
when the wild ducks fly. Oysters and
errapin and Maryland fried chicken
gladden. the heart of the epicure.
with the shield of Thy good will
Thou hast covered us" exclaimed
he early settlers, Today Maryland's
eeming tidal waters, it's fertile soil,
The trees of the North and the South
n it's woodlands, speak the truth of
Is state motto. Rich in natural re-
sources, it is equally rich in beauty
hallow lagoons, quiet rivers, low
lying hills, fields Of black eyed susans
aaryland's friendly state flower.
All this awaits you in Maryland.
Visit her. Share her southern hospi
.ality, her gracious joy Of living. For
she belongs to all of us-"Maryland.
My Maryland"