Maryland 250th Anniversary CanvasDefender of the Republic Art Deco, Patriotic Wall Print Maryland's soldiers were called "the Old Line", the disciplined Continental troops who held the rear guard at the Battle of Brooklyn in August 1776, buying Washington's shattered army the precious hours it needed to escape across the East River and survive. Without Maryland's sacrifice at that desperate moment, there may have been no republic to celebrate at 250 years. This Art Deco canvas honors