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Baltimore (/ˈbɔːltɪmɔːr/ BAWL-tim-or, locally: /ˌbɔːldɪˈmɔːr/ BAWL-dih-MOR or /ˈbɔːlmər/ BAWL-mər) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Maryland. With a population of 585,708 at the 2020 census, it is the 30th-most populous city in the United States. Baltimore was designated an independent city by the Constitution of Maryland in 1851, and today it is the most populous independent city in the nation. As of the 2020 census, the population of the Baltimore metropolitan area was estimated to be 2,838,327, making it the 20th-largest metropolitan area in the country. When combined with the larger Washington metropolitan area, the Washington–Baltimore combined statistical area (CSA) has a 2020 U.S. census population of 9,973,383, the third-largest in the country.

The land that is now Baltimore was used as hunting ground by Paleo-Indians. In the early 1600s, the Susquehannock began to hunt there. People from the Province of Maryland established the Port of Baltimore in 1706 to support the tobacco trade with Europe, and established the Town of Baltimore in 1729. (Full article...)

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A Baltimore accent, also known as Baltimorese (sometimes phonetically written Bawlmerese or Ballimorese), commonly refers to an accent related to Philadelphia English that originates among blue-collar residents of Baltimore, Maryland, United States. It extends into the Baltimore metropolitan area and northeastern Maryland.

At the same time, there is considerable linguistic diversity within Baltimore, which complicates the notion of a singular "Baltimore accent". According to linguists, the accent of white blue-collar Baltimoreans is different than the African-American Vernacular English accent of black Baltimoreans. White working-class families who migrated out of Baltimore to the northwestern suburbs brought local pronunciations with them. (Full article...)

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John Springer Walmsley Jr. (January 7, 1920 – September 14, 1951) was a bomber pilot in the United States Army Air Forces after World War II and the United States Air Force during the Korean War. Walmsley rose to the rank of captain and posthumously received the Medal of Honor for his heroic actions on September 14, 1951, above Yangdok, North Korea during a bombing mission.

Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Walmsley joined the Army Air Forces and spent the 1940s as an instructor pilot in the United States and Japan, but did not see combat. He was deployed with the 8th Bombardment Squadron to the Korean War, flying B-26 Invader aircraft. During this time, Walmsley volunteered for a risky bombing campaign, Operation Strangle. (Full article...)

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... that a Baltimore TV station aspired to be "the Cadillac of independents"?
... that in the 1930s two hoards of gold coins were found in a cellar in Baltimore, Maryland?
... that the Hotel Brexton in Baltimore was once home to Wallis Simpson, the American divorcée who married Edward VIII?
... that the Harlem Park Three were awarded US$48 million, the largest sum in Baltimore history, after being falsely imprisoned for murder?
... that Richard Worley played in minor baseball leagues and is now the commissioner of the Baltimore Police Department?

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Image 1Some of the more upscale rowhouses in Baltimore, like these brightly painted homes in Charles Village, have complete porches instead of stoops (from Culture of Baltimore)
Image 2Map of Chesapeake Bay area by John Senex, 1719, with Baltimore County labeled near Maryland's border with Pennsylvania. (from History of Baltimore)
Image 3Baltimore railroad strike of 1877 (from History of Baltimore)
Image 4An illustration of the aftermath of the Great Baltimore Fire in February 1904 (from Great Baltimore Fire)
Image 5Sharp Street Church was established 1787, the existing building having been erected in 1898 (from History of Baltimore)
Image 6View of Baltimore by William Henry Bartlett (1809–1854) (from History of Baltimore)
Image 7The Baltimore riot of 1861 (from History of Baltimore)
Image 8An 1864 map of Baltimore (from History of Baltimore)
Image 9West Baltimore (from List of Baltimore neighborhoods)
Image 10John E. Hurst Building, site of the fire's outbreak (from Great Baltimore Fire)
Image 11Great Baltimore Fire of 1904, looking West from East Pratt and North Gay Streets (from Great Baltimore Fire)
Image 12Blue crabs (from Culture of Baltimore)
Image 13Francis Kenrick, the sixth Archbishop of Baltimore (1851–1863). (from History of Baltimore)
Image 14Worker assembling an aircraft at the Glenn L. Martin plant in Baltimore (from History of Baltimore)
Image 15East Midway (from List of Baltimore neighborhoods)
Image 16Baltimore & Ohio Railroad engine and passenger car from the 1830s. (from History of Baltimore)
Image 17Baltimore Street Map, 1838 (from History of Baltimore)
Image 18Marble steps, East Fort Avenue, Locust Point, August 2014 (from Culture of Baltimore)
Image 19Simple row houses like these in Locust Point make up much of Baltimore's housing stock. (from Culture of Baltimore)
Image 20Child labor at J.S. Farrand Packing Company in Baltimore, 1909. Photo by Lewis Hine. (from History of Baltimore)
Image 21South Baltimore (from List of Baltimore neighborhoods)
Image 22Same view in 1906, 2 years after the fire (from Great Baltimore Fire)
Image 23Baltimore Street Map, 1892 (from History of Baltimore)
Image 24Mount Clare Mansion, known today as the Mount Clare Museum House, is the oldest Colonial-era structure in Baltimore. (from History of Baltimore)
Image 25Marylanders steam blue crabs, usually in water, beer and Old Bay Seasoning. (from Culture of Baltimore)
Image 26Storefront of establishment selling Lake Trout in Baltimore (from Culture of Baltimore)
Image 27View of Baltimore from Chapel Hill, by Francis Guy, 1802-03 (Brooklyn Museum) (from History of Baltimore)

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