Maryland lawmakers named the orange crush as the state cocktail and chromite as the state mineral in the final minutes of the ...

Maryland’s move reasserts its claim to the drink’s origin, a point of pride for locals. Chromite, a mineral tied to Maryland’s industrial past, joins the Orange Crush as a state symbol.

Maryland Lawmakers have named the Orange Crush an official cocktail for the state. Originally pushed by District 38C, ...

which designated chromite as the official state mineral. As the House passed the cross-filed HB0411 and sent it back to the Senate, it contained the Orange Crush designation as an amendment and ...