Maryland Capitol Police Officers raise the U.S. and Maryland flags over the State House dome, Tuesday, January 10, 2023, for the first time since they were lowered when the scaffolding went up last… ...

The gaudy reds and golds of the Maryland state flag have leapt in recent years from the flagpole to T-shirts, koozies, swimsuits and a host of other products that Lord Baltimore himself never could… ...

The flag's older history is tied to George Calvert, an English politician and colonizer who more or less founded the Maryland colony, although he died just weeks before the charter for the state ...