By the Civil War, the most common Maryland flag design probably consisted of ... readily identifiable symbol of Maryland and its long history. The red-and-white Crossland arms gained popularity ...

BALTIMORE (WJZ) --During a social media campaign to derail HBO's planned modern-day Southern slavery drama, one Twitter user's posts about the history of the Maryland flag got a lot of attention.

The flag was formally adopted by the General Assembly in 1904. The Baltimore Sun, in an editorial endorsing the decision, noted its history: “It was carried in the Confederate ranks of Maryland ...

BUT THERE IS QUITE A BIT OF HISTORY WITH THE AMERICAN FLAG RIGHT HERE IN MARYLAND. AND JOINING US LIVE THIS MORNING WITH MORE IS CELEBRITY HISTORIAN RAFI BANDONEON. GOOD MORNING. NICE TO MEET YOU.

Could Maryland’s popular state flag become the next target of whitewashing symbols of the Confederacy from our country’s history? No one has suggested such a change yet, but it came up amid ...

And the rest is history. There is no question that ... the first proprietor of Maryland, who designed the flag. He took his fathers family crest, the Calvert's gold and black, and combined it ...

The Maryland flag, which The Post described as “a cross pattern of red and white and black and yellow,” is “colorful, easy to recognize and a reflection of our state’s rich history and ...

runs from Baltimore to Western Maryland. DeOcampo said he worked on the design with his son, Cameron, who also submitted a flag design of his own. “He’s actually a big history buff,” said ...