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Near Savage in Howard County, Maryland — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
 

Maryland Purple Heart Trail

I-95

 
 
Maryland Purple Heart Trail Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), December 26, 2022
1. Maryland Purple Heart Trail Marker
Inscription. "Let it be known that those who wear the Purple Heart have given their blood in the defense of their homeland and shall forever be revered by their countrymen."
 
Topics and series. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Military. In addition, it is included in the Military Order of the Purple Heart series list.
 
Location. 39° 8.446′ N, 76° 50.691′ W. Memorial is near Savage, Maryland, in Howard County. It can be reached from Interstate 95 one mile north of Maryland Route 216, on the right when traveling north. The memorial stands on the grounds of the I-95 North Maryland Welcome Center Rest Area. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Laurel MD 20723, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Central Maryland. It is also in the American Mid-Atlantic and on the Eastern Seaboard. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once one of the original Thirteen Colonies and also the Antebellum
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Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within one mile of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Explore Your Chesapeake (within shouting distance of this marker); Explore your Chesapeake (approx. 0.3 miles away); Governor Harry R. Hughes (approx. 0.3 miles away); a different marker also named Maryland Purple Heart Trail (approx. 0.3 miles away); This Survey Point (approx. 0.9 miles away); Millworkers House (approx. one mile away); Historic Savage Mill (approx. one mile away); 9051-9053 Baltimore Street (approx. one mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Savage.
 
Maryland Purple Heart Trail Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), December 26, 2022
2. Maryland Purple Heart Trail Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on December 26, 2022. It was originally submitted on December 26, 2022, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 345 times since then and 21 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on December 26, 2022, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.
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