Culture
| Type | Symbol | Description | Year | Image | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boat | Skipjack | Skipjacks would dredge the Chesapeake Bay for oysters. | 1985 | ||
| Dessert | Smith Island Cake | A cake with eight to fifteen layers and chocolate frosting between each layer. The recipe originated from Smith Island, Maryland. | 2008 | ||
| Drink | Milk | 1998 | |||
| Exercise | Walking | 2008 | — | ||
| Folk dance | Square dance | A fold dance with eight couples arranged in a square. As of 2011, it is the official state dance for 21 states. | 1994 | ||
| Song | Maryland, My Maryland | Lyrics are from a nine-stanza poem written by James Ryder Randall and set to the tune of O Tannenbaum. Randall was a confederate sympathizer and the song supports the confederacy with lyrics such as, "Huzza! she spurns the Northern scum!". | 1939 | ||
| Sport (individual) | Jousting | Jousting tournaments have been held in Maryland since colonial times. The Maryland State Jousting Championship has been held annually since 1950 and is sponsored by the Maryland Jousting Tournament
Association |
1962 | ||
| Sport (team) | Lacrosse | Lacrosse is the oldest known sport to be played in America. Maryland is home to the Lacrosse Museum and National Hall of Fame. | 2004 | ||
| Theater | Center Stage | Center Stage was founded in 1963 and is Maryland's largest theater company. | 1978 | — | |
| Summer theater | Olney Theatre Center | Olney Theatre was founded in 1938 and offers include the Summer Shakespeare Festival and summer training programs for High School students. | 1978 | — |
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“The higher, the more exalted the society, the greater is its culture and refinement, and the less does gossip prevail. People in such circles find too much of interest in the world of art and literature and science to discuss, without gloating over the shortcomings of their neighbors.”
—Mrs. H. O. Ward (1824–1899)
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—Herbert J. Gans (b. 1927)
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