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Annapolis is a city in the Unite States of America with a population of 36,408 (July 2006 est.). It is the capital of the State of Maryland, as well as the county seat of Anne Arundel County. Situated at the mouth of the Severn River which flows into the Chesapeake Bay, 26 miles (approx. 42 km) south of Baltimore and about 35 miles (approx. 56 km) east of Washington D.C., it is part of the Baltimore-Washington Metropolitan Area. The United States Naval Academy and St. John's College are in Annapolis. It was the site of the Annapolis peace conference in November 2007.

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  • In October 1845 the U.S. opened its naval academy at Fort Severn in this city
  • It was once called Anne Arundel Town after the wife of the 2nd Lord Baltimore
  • A valley in Nova Scotia as well as the capital of Maryland are named this after a royal lady
  • The state house in this city is where George Washington resigned his commission in 1783
  • In 1694 Anne Arundel Town became the capital of Maryland & soon changed its name to this
  • Baltimore is the largest city, but this city is the capital
  • 1708:Later a state capital, this city is incorporated & renamed for Princess Anne of England
  • This state capital is home to one of the armed forces academies
  • As in a Navy song, "Crabtown On The Bay",Maryland
  • Robert Heinlein, the author of "Starship Troopers", was a graduate of this Maryland Military Academy

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