Cheezy the Wiz
Socialist In A Hurry
This can refer to both states in a union, counties, provinces, or your country itself: where did it get its nickname or nicknames from? If you're from a country or state that contains a lot of CFCers, don't go posting them all at once, but if you're the only fellow from Alaska or something, fire away!
I'm from Maryland, and my state is called "The Old Line State." This was a name given to the Maryland miltia under General Washington BY General Washington, during the Revolutionary War. The Maryland militia was the only state militia to be properly uniformed and trained as a professional army (one of my ancestors designed and paid for the uniforms!); because of this, the Maryland Line was the most diciplined in battle. While the rest of the Continental Army was retreating in the face of the closing British Line, the Marylanders stood firm. In one particular battle, a Maryland regiment four hundred strong charged Cornwallis' line five times, buying enough time for the rest of the Continental Army to organize and retreat effectively. Of those four hundred, only nine returned from the battle. General Washington remarked that "no troops of the line have poured out their blood more freely than that old Maryland line."
It has absolutely nothing to do with the Mason-Dixon Line.
I'm from Maryland, and my state is called "The Old Line State." This was a name given to the Maryland miltia under General Washington BY General Washington, during the Revolutionary War. The Maryland militia was the only state militia to be properly uniformed and trained as a professional army (one of my ancestors designed and paid for the uniforms!); because of this, the Maryland Line was the most diciplined in battle. While the rest of the Continental Army was retreating in the face of the closing British Line, the Marylanders stood firm. In one particular battle, a Maryland regiment four hundred strong charged Cornwallis' line five times, buying enough time for the rest of the Continental Army to organize and retreat effectively. Of those four hundred, only nine returned from the battle. General Washington remarked that "no troops of the line have poured out their blood more freely than that old Maryland line."
It has absolutely nothing to do with the Mason-Dixon Line.