The “Jew Bill” is passed by the Maryland General Assembly, shepherded through the legislative process by a Christian, Thomas Kennedy of Hagerstown. Kennedy promotes this bill for several years before its passage as the first recognition of Jewish rights in the U.S.
It gives Jewish men all the rights of citizenship equal to Christians and quickly results in two Jewish businessmen, Jacob I. Cohen, Jr. and Solomon Etting, being elected to the Baltimore City Council.
Battle of St. George’s Island in 1776 is the only Revolutionary War battle in Maryland. Piney Point Lighthouse Is the Visitors Center.
In 1850 Baltimore, America’s third largest city, is a singular urban mix of immigrants, free and enslaved Blacks, white leadership and energetic industry. As a border state it is an example of the country’s divisions and challenges before the Civil War.
Smallwood’s Maryland Battalion, Washington’s most important troops (the Maryland Line), saves his army at the Battle of Brooklyn in August, 1776. The Army is integrated.
We acknowledge the enduring presence of many American Indian tribes who once lived in Maryland and who now, having lost their lands, live in a diaspora. Read more.
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