| Dictionary, Encyclopedia and Thesaurus - The Free Dictionary 3,913,349,319 visitors served. |
Dictionary/ thesaurus | Medical dictionary | Legal dictionary | Financial dictionary | Acronyms | Idioms | Encyclopedia | Wikipedia encyclopedia | ? |
Maryland Day |
Also found in: Wikipedia | 0.02 sec. |
|
|
Maryland Day March 25 Maryland Day, or Founder's Day, commemorates the landing of the first colonists there in 1634, and the first Roman Catholic Mass they celebrated. Named after Henrietta Maria, the consort of King Charles I (1600-1649) of England, Maryland was the first proprietary colony on the American mainland. George Calvert, Lord Baltimore (1580?-1632), was appointed by the king as proprietor, and as a Catholic he hoped to establish a refuge for other Catholics who had been persecuted in Anglican England. He was succeeded as head of the colony by his son, Cecilius Calvert (1605-1675), the second Lord Baltimore, who brought 200 more colonists over from England. CONTACTS: Maryland State Archives Maryland Manual On-Line 350 Rowe Blvd. Annapolis, MD 21401 800-235-4045 or 410-260-6400; fax: 410-974-3895 www.mdarchives.state.md.us Maryland Secretary of State State House Annapolis, MD 21401 888-874-0013 or 410-974-5521; fax: 410-974-5190 www.sos.state.md.us SOURCES: AmerBkDays-2000, p. 231 AnnivHol-2000, p. 50 DictDays-1988, p. 74 Celebration day: Mar 25 Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. |
|
| Encyclopedia |
| Free Tools: |
For surfers:
Free toolbar & extensions |
Word of the Day |
Help
For webmasters: Free content | Linking | Lookup box | Double-click lookup |
|---|