Maryland Ashley Baxter. States that Border ♥ There are a few states that border Maryland. They...

Maryland

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States that Border

♥ There are a few states that border Maryland. They are:

♥ Virginia♥ West Virginia♥ Delaware♥ Pennsylvania

Famous Attractions

♥ Chesapeake Bay:♥ Most people go to Chesapeake Bay when they visit

Maryland.

♥ Ocean City:♥ Although Chesapeake Bay gets so many tourists, Ocean

City also brings in many visiting people.

The Area in Square Miles

♥ The area in square miles is:♥ 9,774 square miles.

The Year it Joined

♥ Maryland joined the United States in 1788.♥ It then became known as the 7th state.

Representing symbols

♥ State Motto: ♥ “Fatti Maschii, Parole Femine.” ♥ Which is in Italian.

♥ In English it means:♥ “Manly deeds, womanly words.”

The Population

♥ In Maryland, the population was 5,296,486 ♥ That was from 1990-2000

The capital

• Annapolis is the Capital of Maryland.

Famous people from Maryland

♥ Some of the well-known people that are/were from Maryland:

♥ Edgar Allen Poe♥ Fredrick Douglass

Works Cited

• “Maryland.” www.maryland.gov/webapp/portal/. Feb. 11, 2008.

• Martin, Michael. Maryland: The Old Line State. Milwaukee: World Almanac Library, 2002.

• Manakee, Beta and White, Frank. “Maryland” Merit Students Encyclopedia