Maryland Line Monument (Baltimore, MD)
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Location
Cathedral Street & W Mount Royal Avenue (Street View)
GPS: 39° 18′ 20.35″ N 76° 37′ 7.58″ W
History
Sculpted by Albert L. Van den Berghen (variously attributed as, Vander Bergen), this monument was dedicated October 19, 1901, to the “Bayonets of the Continental Army.” The name of this memorial references the state’s nickname of “The Old Line State.” The columnar monument was sponsored by the Maryland chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution and the figure depicted high atop the column is the Goddess of Liberty, who holds unfurled the Declaration of Independence in one hand and a laurel wreath in the other. The state motto of Maryland, actually an Italian phrase and not Latin, adorns one of the four decorative plaques at the base of this monument, Fatti maschii, parole femine, the official state-sanctioned translation of which is “Strong Deeds, Gentle Words.”
Notes
Located across the street from the Lyric Opera House, home of the now-defunct Baltimore Opera Company, this monument is the site of much skate-boarding during the warmer months. A good deal of graffiti can be observed around the base of the monument. Across the street and down the hill on the other side is the Maryland Institute College of Art’s “Station Building“, or Mount Royal Station, a former B&O passenger train station erected in 1896 and renovated to academic use in 1966.”
Nearby
- Confederate Soldiers & Sailors Monument
- Francis Scott Key Monument in Bolton Hill
- Col. Watson Memorial
- Edgar Allan Poe Monument
- WWI Medal of Honor Memorial
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