Baltimore, Maryland
Baltimore is located in central part of Maryland.
Baltimore is the largest city in Maryland with a population of 620,961 residents (2010).
About Baltimore
Baltimore is a popular tourist destination in Maryland and perhaps most famously known as the city where Francis Scott Key wrote the lyrics for the Star Spangled Banner. The city has 280 properties identified as historical in the National Register of Historic Places.
To See And To Do In Baltimore
National Aquarium
Baltimore Civil War Museum
American Visionary Art Museum
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Museum
Baltimore Maritime Museum
Baltimore Museum of Art
Maryland Science Center
Urban Pirates (An adventure on a pirate ship in the Inner Harbor)
The Children's Museum
Visit Downtown
The Walters Art Museum
The Maryland Zoo
Francis Scott Key Monument
Washington Monument
Miracle on 34th Street
Patterson Park
Edgar Allan Poe House and Museum
History Of Baltimore
Baltimore was first settled in 1661. In 1692, the first church was built. In 1706, the Port of Baltimore was created for the tobacco trade. The harbor made the city a center for the shipping of tobacco and grain. In 1729 Baltimore was founded and named after Lord Baltimore and the city was incorporated in 1745. The immigration to Baltimore started around 1750 and people from Germany, France, Sweden, Austria, England, Russia, Scotland, Ireland and many people from Africa (many were slaves but also thousands of ex-slaves) are the once who built what today is Baltimore.
In 1814, the Battle of Baltimore took place (September 12–15). It was a combined sea/land battle fought between British and American forces. The construction of a railroad in Baltimore began on July 4, 1828. The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad started one of the first commercial lines in the world. In 1904, a fire destroyed over 1,500 buildings. More than 70 blocks of the downtown area burned to the ground. In 1968, two days after the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr, The Baltimore Riot of 1968 began. The riot resulted in more than 5,500 arrests and there were seven deaths directly attributed to the rioting.
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