Maryland Facts:

Capital: Annapolis
State Abbreviation: MD
State Flower: Black-eyed Susan
State Bird: Baltimore Oriole
State Song: "Maryland! My Maryland!"
2000 US Census Population: 5,296,486

Maryland was the 7th State inducted into the Union on April 28th, 1788.  Some famous residents and natives are Johns Hopkins (Financier), John Wilkes Booth (Actor and Lincoln assassin), Frederick Douglass (Abolitionist), Babe Ruth (Baseball Player), and Harriet Tubman (Abolitionist).