From Seabiscuit to Babe Ruth, From John Waters to Billie Holiday, Experience Baltimore - The City Where Legends are Made.

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BALTIMORE, July 31 /PRNewswire/ -- One of the greatest horse races of all time. Two of baseball's greatest icons. Filmmakers who put diners and pink flamingos on the map. From sports to movies, from history to heritage, Baltimore is a city where legends are made.

With the motion picture release of "Seabiscuit," the excitement of the "Race of the Century" that took place at Baltimore's Pimlico Race Course in 1938 is back in the national spotlight. Seabiscuit is just one example of a great legend to come out of Baltimore - others include Babe Ruth, Cal Ripken, Johnny Unitas, Leon Day, John Waters, Barry Levinson, Eubie Blake, Billie Holiday, Cab Calloway, Frederick Douglass, Isaac Myers, Thurgood Marshall and Francis Scott Key.

The following are just some of Baltimore's legends and the sites where visitors and groups can go to experience these...

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