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The Maryland Science Center (MSC), located in Baltimore's Inner Harbor, opened to the public in 1976. [1] It includes three levels of exhibits, a planetarium, and an observatory. [2] It was one of the original structures that drove the revitalization of the Baltimore Inner Harbor from its industrial roots to a thriving downtown destination.
1918: Established as Camp Holabird on 96 acres of marsh near Colgate Creek. [2] Established as the U.S. Army's first motor transport training center and depot in southeastern Baltimore. It was named for Army Quartermaster General and West Point graduate Samuel B. Holabird (1826-1907).
The center was activated on 1 October 1942, and the first batch of recruits arrived 10 days later to begin "boot camp" training. They came in busloads from transportation collection points at Havre de Grace and Perryville, Maryland. The recruits were given a battery of tests to determine their educational and skill levels, then trained in ...
Broad Creek Memorial Scout Reservation, more commonly called just Broad Creek, is the sum of eight separate areas in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed.The reservation is 3 miles (4.8 km) from the Maryland and Pennsylvania border within Harford County, 25 miles (40 km) from the Maryland and Delaware border, and 28 miles (45 km) from Baltimore.
Camp Springs: Army Research Laboratory: Adelphi: Camp David: Thurmont: Fort Detrick: Frederick: Indian Head Naval Surface Weapons Center: Indian Head: National Military Medical Center (NMMC) Bethesda: Naval Air Station Patuxent River: St. Mary's County: Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock: Potomac: School of Military Packing Technology ...
The Maryland Army National Guard (MD ARNG) is the United States Army component of the U.S. state of Maryland. It is headquartered at the old Fifth Regiment Armory at the intersection of North Howard Street, 29th Division Street, near Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard in Baltimore and has additional units assigned and quartered at several ...
The 1923 National Order of the Arrow Lodge Meeting was held at Baltimore, Maryland. In the early 1920s, there were several camps named Rodney in the Delmarva area. However, the current Rodney Scout Reservation was established in 1921. In Severna Park, was Camp Linstead, the camp of Nentico Lodge in its early years.
The City of Baltimore purchased the square in 1857 and laid out a Victorian park. The American Civil War disrupted planting, and the area, known as Camp Hoffman, was used as an encampment for the Third Regiment Maryland Veteran Volunteers, as well as for Union troops from Delaware and New York, and as a refuge for runaway slaves. [1] [2] [3]