STATE FLAG. Maryland's flag bears the arms
of the Calvert and Crossland families. Calvert
was the family name of the Lords Balti-
more who founded Maryland. Crossland was the
family of the mother of George Calvert, first
Lord Baltimore. The escutcheon, or shield, in the
Maryland Seal bears the same arms. This flag
was first flown in its present form on October 25,
1888, at Gettysburg Battlefield for ceremonies
dedicating monuments to Maryland regiments of
the Army of the Potomac. It was officially
adopted by Chapter 48, Acts of 1904. The cross
botony (spelled "bottony" in the law) affixed to
the top of the flagstaff was made the official or-
nament by Chapter 862, Acts of 1945 (Code
1957, Art. 41, secs. 72-74).

STATE FISH. By Chapter 513, Acts of 1965, the
striped bass or rockfish (Roccus saxatilis) was
designated as the official fish of the State of
Maryland (Code 1957, Art. 41, sec. 71A).

STATE SONG. The Maryland State song,
"Maryland, My Maryland," was written by
James Ryder Randall, a Marylander living in the
Confederacy during the Civil War. The ains not
original. Its words reflect the bitter feeling ftfllow-
ing the passage of Union troops through
Baltimore in 1861 (Chapter 451, Acts of 1939;

Code 1957, Art. 41, sec. 79).