Welcome to Maryland!
Maryland
Capital: Annapolis
Nicknames: Old Line State and Free State
State Motto: Manly Deeds, Womanly Words
State Flower: Black-Eyed Susan
State Tree: White oak
State Bird: Baltimore oriole
State Fish: Rockfish
State Song: "Maryland, My Maryland"
Statehood: Maryland was the seventh of the original 13 colonies to ratify the Constitution on April 28, 1788
Area: 10,460 square miles: the 9th smallest in area
Neighbors: Pennsylvania, Delaware, Virginia and West Virginia
