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"Maryland, The Free State"

WYPR - 88.1 FM Baltimore | By Ric Cottom
Published January 19, 2017 at 2:52 PM EST
A red crab in a restaurant window meant that alcohol was served there during Prohibition.
A red crab in a restaurant window meant that alcohol was served there during Prohibition.

During Prohibition, Maryland became known as "The  Free State"  due to widespread and  fiercely defiant attitudes about the production, sale and consumption of alcohol. 

A red crab in a restaurant window meant that alcohol was served there during Prohibition.
A red crab in a restaurant window meant that alcohol was served there during Prohibition.

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Ric Cottom
Ric Cottom, host of "Your Maryland," came to Baltimore more than four decades ago and never left. Formerly the editor and publisher at the Maryland Historical Society, he now runs the Chesapeake Book Company, publishing Chesapeake regional history, biography, and environmental studies.
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