Glen Burnie in Anne Arundel County, Maryland — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

BWI Marshall

Photographed by Adam Margolis, December 25, 2025

1. BWI Marshall Marker

Inscription. In 1950, President Harry S. Truman dedicated Friendship International Airport. The state of Maryland purchased the airport in 1972 from Baltimore City for $36 million, later renaming it Baltimore/Washington International Airport. In 2005, it was renamed after Baltimore-native Thurgood Marshall, the first African American U.S. Supreme Court Justice. BWI Marshall remains a leader in aviation and economic growth.

Erected 2025 by Maryland Department of Transportation, Maryland Historical Trust.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: African Americans • Air & Space • Government & Politics • Industry & Commerce. In addition, it is included in the Former U.S. Presidents: #33 Harry S. Truman, and the Maryland Historical Trust series lists. A significant historical year for this entry is 1950.

Location. 39° 9.723′ N, 76° 39.791′ W. Marker is in Glen Burnie, Maryland, in Anne Arundel County. It is on Dorsey Road (Maryland Route 176) east of Arundel Avenue, on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1911 Dorsey Road, Glen Burnie MD 21061, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Maryland’s Baltimore Metro Region.

It is also in the American Mid-Atlantic.

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 South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Veterans Memorial (approx. 0.8 miles away); Queenstown Rosenwald School

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(approx. 1.3 miles away); St. Alban's Episcopal Church (approx. 1.9 miles away); Ferndale, Maryland (approx. 1.9 miles away); W B & A Electric Railroad (approx. 2 miles away); World War II (approx. 2 miles away); World War 1917 (approx. 2 miles away); Defending the Chesapeake Bay (approx. 2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Glen Burnie.

Also see . . . November 6, 2025 press release from BWI Airport about the marker unveiling. (Submitted on December 26, 2025, by Adam Margolis of Mission Viejo, California.)

Additional commentary.
1. About the airport
While the Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (colloquially known by its call letters "BWI") is associated with Baltimore, it lies two counties away from the independent City of Baltimore in Anne Arundel County. It also serves the DC area as one of the three major airports in the region, along with Dulles International Airport (IAD) (colloquially "Dulles") in Loudoun County, Virginia and the Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) (colloquially National Airport) in Arlington County, Virginia.

In addition to interstate access to DC and Baltimore City, it also feeds into the local transit

Photographed by Adam Margolis, December 25, 2025

2. BWI Marshall Marker

and rail network, particularly the BWI Amtrak Station (which serves access for Amtrak and MARC commuter trains between the District and Baltimore and beyond) and the BWI Light Rail Station, which provides Light Rail Link access to Baltimore.

— Submitted December 26, 2025, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.

Credits. This page was last revised on December 26, 2025. It was originally submitted on December 25, 2025, by Adam Margolis of Mission Viejo, California. This page has been viewed 85 times since then and 49 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on December 25, 2025, by Adam Margolis of Mission Viejo, California. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.