Menace on the Horizon
Star-Spangled Banner National Historical Trail
— National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior —
British attacks continued “like drum beats up and down the river” throughout the summer. In August the British commander reported: this “country is in general in a horrible state.” With little more effort the Americans could be “completely at our mercy.” The British pressed their offensive up the Patuxent toward Washington, D. C.
To learn more about the war along the Patuxent visit:
*Exhibit hall here at Calvert Marine Museum-Interactive map depicting the British invasion route, artifacts from the scuttled American flotilla.
*Tudor Hall-Wayside and interior War of 1812 exhibits.
*Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum-Exhibits, site of largest naval engagement in Maryland history.
*Sotterley Plantation-Restored 18th century plantation and slave quarter; period gardens; a mustering site for militia during the war.
Erected by National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior.
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Location. 38° 19.891′ N, 76° 27.842′ W. Marker is in Solomons, Maryland, in Calvert County. Marker can be reached from Solomons Island Road South (Route 2) just south of Thomas Johnson Road, on the left when traveling south. The marker is on the grounds of the Calvert Marine Museum in front of the main exhibition hall. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 14200 Solomons Island Road South, Solomons MD 20688, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Chaney Rail Skiff (here, next to this marker); Whittington Rail Skiff (here, next to this marker); Yawl Boat (here, next to this marker); Marine Railway Gears (here, next to this marker); Crab Skiff Pep (Reproduction) (a few steps from this marker); Hooper Island Launch Penguin (a few steps from this marker); Jenkins Creek Crab Scrape Geda (a few steps from this marker); Humphreys Rowing Skiff (a few steps from this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Solomons.
Credits. This page was last revised on August 31, 2019. It was originally submitted on February 26, 2015, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. This page has been viewed 367 times since then and 5 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on February 26, 2015, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.