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Bird's eye view of Cumberland, Maryland 1906
1906年,從空中鳥瞰馬裡蘭省,坎伯蘭市。

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馬裡蘭日 (Maryland Day),1634325

你知道馬裡蘭以及它的首府巴爾的摩、是因何得名的嗎?每年的325日,馬裡蘭人會慶祝這個值得紀念的日子,英王查爾斯一世在1634年的這一天,派巴爾的摩公爵前來,這是英格蘭前來的第一位殖民者,踏上這塊土地的日子。他以國王的妻子,賀妮瑞塔‧瑪莉亞,或是瑪麗,來為這塊土地命名。巴爾的摩公爵將此處開採出的金銀礦等收益,與國王分享,以取得這裡的統治權,付了多久,就統治多久。誰又到了這塊新的殖民地呢?


Do you know how Maryland and the city of Baltimore got their names? On March 25, Marylanders celebrate Maryland Day to honor the arrival of the first colonists to the land King Charles I of England chartered to Lord Baltimore in 1634. He named the land after the King's wife, Henrietta Maria, or Mary. Lord Baltimore had almost complete control over the colony as long as he paid the King a share of all the gold or silver discovered on the land. Who came to this new colony?

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