Alone of the 13 original states, Maryland has a state flag that was flown under British rule. According to the laws of heraldry, the personal banner of the Lords Baltimore, who were the proprietary owners of Maryland, was by extension that of the territory they ruled. In 1638 Leonard Calvert, son of Sir George Calvert, the first Lord Baltimore, wrote to his brother Cecilius that he had flown the Calvert banner in battle, and through the 17th and 18th centuries the flag continued ...

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