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Baltimore, also known as Baltimore City, is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Maryland. It is the 30th-most populous U.S. city with a population of 585,708 at the 2020 census and estimated at 568,271 in 2024, while the Baltimore metropolitan area at 2.86 million residents is the 22nd-largest metropolitan area in the nation. The city is also part of the Washington–Baltimore combined statistical area, which had a population of 9.97 million in 2020. Baltimore was designated as an independent city by the Constitution of Maryland in 1851. Though not located under the jurisdiction of any county in the state, it forms part of the Central Maryland region together with the surrounding county that shares its name.

The land that is present-day Baltimore was once 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. During the American Revolutionary War, the Second Continental Congress briefly moved its deliberations to the Henry Fite House from December 1776 to February 1777 prior to the capture of Philadelphia to British troops, which permitted Baltimore to serve briefly as the nation's capital before it returned to Philadelphia. The Battle of Baltimore was pivotal during the War of 1812, culminating in the British bombardment of Fort McHenry, during which Francis Scott Key wrote a poem that became "The Star-Spangled Banner", which was designated as the national anthem in 1931. During the Pratt Street Riot of 1861, the city was the site of some of the earliest violence associated with the American Civil War. (Full article...)

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The Wire is an American crime drama television series created and primarily written by American author and former police reporter David Simon for the cable network HBO. The series premiered on June 2, 2002, and ended on March 9, 2008, comprising 60 episodes over five seasons. The idea for the show started out as a police drama loosely based on the experiences of Simon's writing partner Ed Burns, a former homicide detective and public school teacher.

Set and produced in Baltimore, Maryland, The Wire introduces a different institution of the city and its relationship to law enforcement in each season while retaining characters and advancing storylines from previous seasons. The five subjects are, in chronological order: the illegal drug trade; the port system; the city government and bureaucracy; education and schools; and the print news medium. Simon chose to set the show in Baltimore because of his familiarity with the city. (Full article...)

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Clancy at Burns Library in November 1989

Thomas Leo Clancy Jr. (April 12, 1947 – October 1, 2013) was an American novelist. He is best known for his technically detailed espionage and military-science storylines set during and after the Cold War. Seventeen of his novels have been bestsellers and more than 100 million copies of his books have been sold. His name has also been used on screenplays written by ghostwriters, nonfiction books on military subjects occasionally with co-authors, and video games. He was a part-owner of his hometown Major League Baseball team, the Baltimore Orioles, and vice-chairman of their community activities and public affairs committees.

Originally an insurance agent, Clancy launched his literary career in 1984 when his first military thriller novel The Hunt for Red October was published by the small academic Naval Institute Press of Annapolis, Maryland. The Hunt for Red October, Patriot Games (1987), Clear and Present Danger (1989), and The Sum of All Fears (1991) have been turned into commercially successful films. Tom Clancy's works also inspired games such as the Rainbow Six, Ghost Recon, Splinter Cell and The Division series. Since Clancy's death in 2013, his Ryanverse franchise has been continued by his family estate through a series of authors. (Full article...)

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Did you know...

... that Robert Baker Park in Baltimore was named after Robert Lewis Baker, whose personal garden was recreated at the city's Flower and Garden Show the year after his death?
... that viruses can be catalogued into seven groups in the Baltimore classification?
... that Baltimore County Police Department leader Carroll E. Stansbury assigned officers to combat chicken theft?

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The following are images from various Baltimore-related articles on Wikipedia.

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

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