Downtown Baltimore's skyline. (Photo by Flickr user Ferd Brundick, used via a Creative Commons license)
Downtown Baltimore's skyline. (Photo by Flickr user Ferd Brundick, used via a Creative Commons license)

Baltimore celebrated its 295th year with a birthday bash at the Inner Harbor on July 26.

A few years shy of its tricentennial, Baltimore has come a long way since July 30, 1729, when Charles Carroll petitioned the Maryland General Assembly for a town north of the Patapsco River.

Later that year, Gov. Benedict Leonard Calvert signed a bill into law establishing Baltimore as a town on Aug. 8, 1729. (Aug. 8 is now known as Baltimore Day.)

To mark the occasion, we asked community members what they wish for Baltimore this year. Here’s what they said:

What is YOUR birthday wish for Baltimore?

2 replies on “As Baltimore turns 295 this year, residents share their birthday wishes for the city”

  1. My birthday wish is for the city to celebrate its birthday on August 8th, not July 30th. As it states in the Baltimore City Code Article 1 Section 36-1: August 8 of each year shall be Baltimore Day in honor of Baltimore’s founding on August 8, 1729. The Mayor annually shall proclaim this day as Baltimore Day, to recognize this important moment in the City’s history. That is when Baltimore officially turns 295 years old – your article is incorrect.

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