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The Maryland Monument located at Point Lookout Confederate Memorial Park, a privately funded, 7-acre site located beside the Point Lookout Confederate Cemetery and just outside of Point Lookout State Park in St. Mary's County, Maryland. It was established by the Descendants of Point Lookout Prisoners of War Organization to honor Confederate soldiers who were imprisoned and died at the nearby Point Lookout prisoner-of-war camp during the Civil War. The park features a plaza with a bronze statue of an unarmed Confederate prisoner, surrounded by a ring of flags representing the Confederate states, including a prominent Confederate battle flag flown on the tallest flagpole.

In 1998, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs banned Confederate symbols at the adjacent Point Lookout Confederate Cemetery, a federal property where over 3,000 Confederate soldiers are buried in a mass grave.  The memorial park was created in response to this action.  Descendants raised funds and purchased the land in 2003 to ensure a space where Confederate heritage could be commemorated without restriction. The park stands in contrast to the nearby cemetery, where only a U.S. flag is flown, and serves as a public site for remembrance.