Movers & Moving Services in Maryland
About Maryland While relocating, if you find yourself standing in front of a state house, which has the largest of all wooden domes in the U.S. that is topped by a sculpture of an acorn which is, ironically, installed upside down, you know that you are in Annapolis, the capital of Maryland State. The acorn incidentally is a sign of wisdom! Maryland's shores embrace the Chesapeake Bay, and the many estuaries and rivers create one of the longest waterfronts of any state. As could be expected, the Bay produces incredible amounts of sea food—oysters, crabs, clams and fin fish. Important agricultural products are greenhouse and nursery products, chickens, dairy products, eggs, and soybeans. Stone, coal, sand, gravel, cement, and clay are the chief mineral products. Manufacturing industries include food products, chemicals, computer and electronic products, transportation equipment, and primary metals. One of the most famous institutions of the world, Johns Hopkins University and Hospital, is located in Baltimore Maryland. Annapolis is the site of the U.S. Naval Academy. Maryland is a country of diversity as was evident even during the Civil War, when 62,000 Marylanders fought for the North and 22,000 fought for the South. Since then, there has been stream of settlers - Irish, German, Hungarian, Scandinavian and Russians as well as a steady flow of African-Americans which has made Maryland a state of multicultural diversities. Here are some interesting trivia about Maryland: • Motto: Fatti maschii, parole femine (Manly deeds, womanly words) • Nicknames: Free State; Old Line State • Maryland is the 19th most populous state in America even though it's only the 42nd largest. • Maryland's official state sport is jousting. • In Maryland it's illegal to take a lion a movie theater • Francis Scott Key wrote the "Star-Spangled Banner" in Baltimore, while watching the bombardment of Fort McHenry during the War of 1812. |
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