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Map of the United States showing the state nicknames as hogs. Lithograph by Mackwitz, St. Louis, 1884. The following is a table of U.S. state, federal district and territory nicknames, including officially adopted nicknames and other traditional nicknames for the 50 U.S. states, the U.S. federal district, as well as five U.S. territories.
Maryland has two nicknames: the "Old Line State" and the "Free State." Maryland's nickname, the "Old Line State," was given during the Revolutionary War. Fort McHenry in Baltimore was one of the ...
The Old Line State might have originated as a nickname given by George Washington during the Revolutionary War to the Maryland line of troops. Traditional — [4] The Free State The Free State originated from an editorial in the Baltimore Sun in 1923 on how Maryland should be free by seceding from the Union rather than prohibiting alcohol. Seal
New York: The Empire State. The nickname "Empire State" is believed to have origins dating back to a letter written by George Washington in 1785, where he praised New York's resilience and ...
General George Washington was impressed with the Maryland regulars (the "Maryland Line") who fought in the Continental Army and, according to one tradition, this led him to bestow the name "Old Line State" on Maryland. [19] Today, the Old Line State is one of Maryland's two official nicknames. [34]
Every state has its own unique symbols, like state animal, state flower, and state motto. The U.S. Government Publishing Office recognizes the following demonyms as the official nicknames for ...
Maryland was the seventh state to ratify the United States Constitution, and three nicknames for it (the Old Line State, the Free State, and the Chesapeake Bay State) are occasionally used. The state's most populated city is Baltimore. Its capital is Annapolis.
Maryland, a U.S. state nicknamed the Free State (in abolition and later prohibition contexts) Kansas, a U.S state nicknamed the Free State (in the context of slavery) Free State of Galveston, a 20th-century whimsical name for Galveston, Texas, U.S. Irish Free State (1922–1937), the predecessor of the modern Republic of Ireland