History
See also: Maryland GazetteOne of the Capital's sister papers is The Gazette, originally founded as The Maryland Gazette, and is one of the oldest newspapers in the United States. The Maryland Gazette was founded in Annapolis in the early 18th century by William Parks.
The first paper to feature the word "Capital" rolled off the presses in 1884 as The Evening Capital.
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“The disadvantage of men not knowing the past is that they do not know the present. History is a hill or high point of vantage, from which alone men see the town in which they live or the age in which they are living.”
—Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874–1936)
“The history of the Victorian Age will never be written: we know too much about it.”
—Lytton Strachey (1880–1932)
“The principle office of history I take to be this: to prevent virtuous actions from being forgotten, and that evil words and deeds should fear an infamous reputation with posterity.”
—Tacitus (c. 55–117)