Your Maryland

In 1836, Ford McGill, the son  of a former slave one of the first settlers in the tiny colony of Maryland, Liberia, returned to the United States to study medicine, but faced terrible prejudice and discrimination when he arrived in Maryland.

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Union Troops meet Confederates under Jubal "Old Jube" Early on July 5th, 1864, near Frederick, Maryland. 

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In 1905, a freight train and a passenger train collided in Western Maryland, killing 26 railroad men. 

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Fighting pirates along the Barbary Coast in 1815, US Navy ships encountered a fierce and brave Algerian naval hero, Rais Hamidou.

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As the colonies voted to ratify the Declaration of Independence, fighting continued between loyalists and patriots in Maryland, and the Eastern Shore remained a hotbed of support for the Crown.

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In the early 20th century, Robert Moses “Lefty” Grove, a tall, lanky kid from Lonaconing MD left the coal mines behind for a successful career in the big leagues.

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On a beautiful morning in May 1813, the people of Havre de Grace awoke to a terrifying sight.Out on the bay were the towering masts of a British fleet, and rowing toward them were landing craft filled with Redcoats. Admiral Cockburn, “The Scourge of the Chesapeake,” had brought his reign of terror to the place the Marquis de Lafayette had named "Harbor of Mercy".  As his raiders swept ashore, the American militia fled, leaving only one defiant Irishman standing in their way. 

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In the early 19th century, a global series of volcanic eruptions resulted in some very strange weather. 

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On June 6th, 1944, soldiers from Maryland, Virginia, and Pennsylvania, members of the 29th Division, were among the first soldiers to land at Omaha Beach on the coast of Normandy.

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The publication of Rachel Carson's book, "Silent Spring,"  changes the way the public thinks about the health of the environment and the ways in which the use of chemicals effect all living things. 

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