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War of 1812 Topic
By Larry Gertner, August 22, 2006
Enterprise Vs. Boxer
GEOGRAPHIC SORT WITH USA FIRST
| Near Eastern Promenade Trail. |
| | On September 5, 1813 off Monhegan Island on the coast of Maine, the American brig “Enterprise” commanded by 28 year old Lt. William Burrows engaged in battle with the British brig “Boxer” commanded by 29 year old Captain . . . — — Map (db m129636) HM |
| On Congress Street near Mountfort Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Declared a National Historic Site January 1974
Here lie the hardy courageous early settlers, the men and women who founded and defended this area, who made history in civil life, government, law, the arts, education, religion, in the state and . . . — — Map (db m50432) HM |
| | District Paymaster
US Army, War of 1812
First Maine State Treasurer
[Served 1820-1823, died in office] — — Map (db m50435) WM |
| On Fort Road near Campus Center Drive, on the right when traveling north. |
| | This area is the site of Fort Preble, also known as Fort Hancock during the Revolutionary War, a temporary fort. Fort Preble was begun in 1808 during the administration of Pres. Jefferson and completed before the War of 1812. It was named for . . . — — Map (db m55568) HM |
| On Battle Avenue (Maine Route 166) near Pleasant Street, on the right when traveling south. |
| | This Fortress, originally known by its garrison as FORT PENOBSCOT and named by Admiral Sir George Collier in his reports FORT CASTINE received its present designation from its builder, British general Francis McLean upon its completion in December . . . — — Map (db m77148) HM |
| On Battle Avenue (Maine Route 166) near Pleasant Street, on the right when traveling south. |
| | This fort, originally known by its garrison as “Fort Penobscot” and named by Admiral Sir George Collier in his reports “Fort Castine” received its present designation from its builder, British general Francis McLean upon its . . . — — Map (db m77147) HM |
| On Water Street south of Winthrop Street/Front Street, on the left when traveling north. |
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The embargoes leading to war caused economic hardship in Augusta, and news of war generated disdain in this Federalist Town. Citizens mounted a protest by hanging an effigy of President Madison from the public wharf and flying an . . . — — Map (db m153146) HM |
| On High Street south of Peach Street, on the left. |
| | The Williamson House was built in 1845 for prominent Belfast lawyer, businessman, and State Senator Joseph Williamson. It was later the house of his son, Joseph Williamson, Jr., who followed in his father's footsteps as a country lawyer. Joseph . . . — — Map (db m59390) HM |
| On High Street just south of Primrose Street, on the right when traveling south. |
| | The Thomas Whittier house was built in 1803 as both a house and tavern. It was long considered the finest inn in eastern Maine, popular for drinking, dining and dancing. Famous for the abundant produce from her gardens, Whittier's wife was known . . . — — Map (db m59502) HM |
| On High Street just south of Primrose Street, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Ralph Cross Johnson built this house just as the War of 1812 was beginning. He and his brother, Judge Alfred Johnson, were active in all manner of Belfast's businesses and politics. Ralph Johnson was a representative in Maine's first legislature . . . — — Map (db m59503) HM |
| On Atlantic Highway (U.S. 1) 0.1 miles north of Beach Road (Maine Route 173), on the right when traveling north. |
| | . . . — — Map (db m55342) HM WM |
| | The idea of a fort on the Penobscot was not new when the U.S. government purchased land for Fort Knox in 1844. The Board of Engineers, established and charged by the Secretary of War to make a plan for the defense of the United States, had listed a . . . — — Map (db m55135) HM |
| Near Port Road, on the left when traveling south. |
| | Historic Fort Machias
Built in 1775 immediately after the first naval
battle of the American Revolution took place
offshore, Fort Machias was a four-gun battery
that guarded the mouth of the Machias River in
cooperation with Fort . . . — — Map (db m145018) HM |
| On Main Street at Beach Street, on the right when traveling south on Main Street. |
| |
Erected to the memory of
the Country’s Defenders
1775 – 1865
With malice toward none,
With charity for all,
With firmness in the right,
As God gives us
To see the right — — Map (db m55691) HM |
| | Captured on the British flagship Confiance on Lake Champlain, September 11, 1814, by Commodore Thomas MacDonough.
This gun has a dent on the muzzle from an American shot which caused the gun to recoil and kill the British commander, . . . — — Map (db m7812) HM |
| On Maryland Avenue at King George Street, on the left when traveling east on Maryland Avenue. |
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Patriot politician and future Declaration of Independence signer Samuel Chase began building this Georgian mansion in 1769, but he couldn't afford to finish the house and sold it two years later to Edward Lloyd IV. The wealthy Eastern Shore . . . — — Map (db m63497) HM |
| On Prince George Street west of Craig Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | February 22, 1797: At the Presidential Mansion in Philadelphia, President George Washington formally presented Irish-born John Barry with Commission Number One in the newly formed United States Navy. With the commission, backdated to the . . . — — Map (db m114812) HM |
| Near Kinkaid Road just from Church Road. |
| | Fort Nonsense has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the U.S. Department of the Interior. It is the last remaining fortification of several constructed in the 18th and 19th centuries to defend Annapolis and its waterways. . . . — — Map (db m63588) HM |
| Near College Avenue (Maryland Route 450) at Prince George Street, on the left when traveling east. |
| | . . . — — Map (db m5421) HM |
| | This gun tube was removed from the British flagship, the HMS Confiance, during the Battle of Lake Champlain with was fought on September 11, 1814. Early in that battle a cannon ball fired by the American flagship Saratoga struck the . . . — — Map (db m69246) HM |
| | Figurehead of HMS Macedonian.
The classical head represents Alexander, the Macedonian who ruled Greece and much of the known world in the 4th century BC. It was carved in wood in 1810 to decorate the bow of the British warship named . . . — — Map (db m63428) HM |
| | In 1814 when Francis Scott Key wrote the words to the poem "The Defense of Fort McHenry," his wife's
sister and brother-in-law lived in a house on this site. The poem quickly became famous when it was
set to music and re-titled "The . . . — — Map (db m63433) HM |
| On Maryland Avenue, on the right when traveling east. |
| | [Front of Monument (Bronze Relief)]:
· Capture of the Macedonian ·
· The American Frigate United States ·
Commodore Stephen Decatur, cruising between the Azores and Cape Verde Islands on October 25, 1812, was sighted by the British . . . — — Map (db m7419) HM |
| | U.S. Navy Trophy Flag Collection
Congress in 1814 legislated that all flags captured from an enemy in war by the U.S. Navy would be preserved and sent to Washington. By order of the President this collection was relocated to the Naval Academy . . . — — Map (db m63563) HM |
| | The seat of Maryland government, the State House was at the center of the state's planning for the War of 1812, both locally and in coordination with President Madison's administration in Washington, D.C. Near constant fear of invasion by the . . . — — Map (db m63499) HM |
| | On this spot, where the inspiring strains of the Star Spangled Banner are heard each morning, formerly stood the home of Judge Joseph Hopper Nicholson, Brother-in-law of Francis Scott Key, to whom Key gave the original manuscript and who set the . . . — — Map (db m63431) HM |
| On Cooper Road 0.1 miles south of Santee Road. |
| | Erected 1808.
Transferred to the Navy Department 1845.
Demolished 1909.
In memory of men who served at Fort Severn during the War of 1812. — — Map (db m7739) HM WM |
| On College Avenue at Prince George Street, on the right on College Avenue. Reported permanently removed. |
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St. John's College has a long, rich history dating back to the founding of our nation. Its earliest incarnation, a grammar or preparatory school named after King William III, was founded in Annapolis in 1696, one year after Maryland's capital was . . . — — Map (db m63410) HM |
| On Jonas Green Park Road. |
| | Fort Severn and Fort Madison on this stretch of the Severn River, along with a gun battery at Horn Point in Eastport, made Annapolis the best-fortified city in Maryland at the start of the War of 1812.
British ships hovered near the harbor several . . . — — Map (db m79920) HM |
| | British vessels anchored offshore several times in 1813 and 1814, giving Annapolis good reason to expect an attack. Lookouts watched enemy maneuvers from the statehouse dome. Public records were removed from the city for safekeeping. When British . . . — — Map (db m79936) HM |
| Near College Avenue (Maryland Route 450) at Prince George Street, on the left when traveling east. |
| | This cannon of the type used in the defense of Baltimore in the War of 1812, presented to St. John's College, the alma mater of Francis Scott Key, through the Peggy Stewart Tea Party Chapter, D.A.R., and the National Star-Spangled . . . — — Map (db m5425) HM |
| On Maryland Avenue, on the left when traveling east. |
| | Founded as the Naval School Lyceum in 1845, this is among the nation's oldest museums. It contains two full floors of exhibitions. There is extensive coverage on the War of 1812 on the first floor to the left. Inside, too, is the original signal . . . — — Map (db m63851) HM |
| | The needs of the English settlers were similar to those of the Piscataways. As farmers they wanted good soil, so they often settled near “old fields,” areas once used by Native Americans. Look across the field to the ruins of the Java . . . — — Map (db m80873) HM |
| | A victory off the coast of Brazil inspired John Contee to name this property “Java’s Farm.” Contee was a lieutenant on the USS Constitution when it captured and burned the British frigate HMS Java, December 29, 1812.
Contee purchased a . . . — — Map (db m80857) HM |
| On Crain Highway (Business Maryland Route 3) 0.1 miles south of Baltimore Annapolis Boulevard (Maryland Route 648), on the right when traveling north. |
| | The Curtis Creek Iron Furnace (also calle Aetna or Etna Furnace), established c. 1759, stood on the south side of Furnace Branch Creek in Glen Burnie, where Rte. 10 now crosses. The location ensured access to local iron ore deposits, wood from . . . — — Map (db m98379) HM |
| On N. Camp Meade Rd (Maryland Route 170) 0.1 miles north of Maple Road. |
| | Built circa 1820, the Benson-Hammond House is the headquarters of the Ann Arundell County Historical Society and is open to the public.
Annapolis and Baltimore Short Line
Organized in 1880, the Annapolis and Baltimore Short Line ran its . . . — — Map (db m3161) HM |
| On Oak Twin Court at Historical Way, on the left on Oak Twin Court. |
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Twin Oaks - the name evokes a rural character long since lost to this part of Anne Arundel County. Built in 1857 by William Linthicum, this antebellum manor home presided over a 130-acre farm.
Twin oaks was the summer retreat of . . . — — Map (db m68392) HM |
| | Joshua Barney’s Chesapeake Flotilla was trapped in the shallows just upriver from here. With orders to keep his boats out of enemy hands, Barney reluctantly ordered his men to destroy the flotilla when the British approached. They laid trains of . . . — — Map (db m79987) HM |
| On Bayside Beach Road 2.3 miles east of Fort Smallwood Road (Route 173), on the right when traveling east. |
| | Bodkin Island, having an excellent view down the Bay, was an observation station long before the war. The "Bodkin Telegraphe", a flag-signalling system based on Baltimore's Federal Hill, alerted Baltimore merchants from here as their ships . . . — — Map (db m76732) HM |
| On Bay Front Drive 0.5 miles north of Fort Smallwood (Route 173), on the right. |
| | What became Fort Smallwood provided an ideal vantage point for the start - and end - of the British assalut on Baltimore in 1814. On September 11, ships anchored across the river from here. More than 4,500 troops were rowed ashore at North Point to . . . — — Map (db m75087) HM |
| On East West Shady Side Road west of Bast Avenue, on the right when traveling north. |
| | This cannon stood guard over the grounds of the Rural Home Hotel for seven decades at a time when visitors flocked to Shady Side to enjoy summers on the Chesapeake.
How did this War of 1812 cannon end up here in Shady Side?
In the . . . — — Map (db m130024) HM |
| | Enemy ships lying off Sandy Point kept Annapolis on edge in August 1813, as the city braced for attack.
It was a trying time for the British, too. A newspaper reported August 14: “Seven deserters came on shore at Sandy Point.” It was . . . — — Map (db m79916) HM |
| | When 250-300 British troops crossed from Tilghman Island to Town Point on October 27, 1814, they easily overcame five local militiamen manning a nine-pound cannon. They burned three buildings, and a windmill.
Moving up Herring Creek, they . . . — — Map (db m79956) WM |
| | The world’s only authentic sailing reproduction of an 1812-era Baltimore Clipper. Pride of Baltimore II is more than a spectacular ship---it is a living, working symbol of Baltimore’s maritime heritage. With her sharply raked masts, abundance of . . . — — Map (db m102955) HM WM |
| | Captain Henry Thompson, Clifton Mansion’s original owner, formed the First Baltimore Horse Artillery unit in 1813. General John Stricker chose Thompson’s troop to report on enemy movements at the August 1814 Battle of Bladensburg.
Selected as . . . — — Map (db m79744) WM |
| On Eutaw Place at West Lanvale Street, on the left when traveling north on Eutaw Place. |
| | 1780-1843 Presented to the City of Baltimore Charles L. Marburg
[this marker tells its story in a pictorial manner]
On one side, ships are depicted bombarding Fort McHenry. On the other, the view is from Fort McHenry out onto the ships in . . . — — Map (db m6548) HM |
| | At home in the city credited with helping to turn the tide for Americans in the War of 1812, the collections of the Maryland Historical Society preserve evidence of the people who live this history. The Center for Maryland History has the nation’s . . . — — Map (db m79842) HM |
| On Boston Street at South Lakewood Avenue, on the right when traveling south on Boston Street. |
| | The mouth of Harris Creek was once part of Baltimore’s thriving maritime industry. David Stodder began building ships here in the 1780s.
The first U.S. Navy frigate, Constellation, launched from Stodders Shipyard in 1797 and played an active role . . . — — Map (db m79670) HM |
| Near North Calvert Street (Maryland Route 2) north of East Fayette Street, in the median. |
| | The Battle Monument was America's first public war memorial and the first since antiquity to honor the common soldier. Designed by Maximilian Godefroy, its construction began in 1815, shortly after the event it commemorates: in 1814, after the . . . — — Map (db m89395) HM |
| On Hopkins Plaza-West Baltimore Street. |
| | After 10 harrowing days aboard ship and witnessing the British bombardment of Fort McHenry, Francis Scott Key spent his first night ashore at the Indian Queen Tavern, September 16-17, 1814. The inn operated at this site until the 1830s.
Moved by . . . — — Map (db m79849) WM |
| Near Holliday Street at Fayette Street. |
| | On this location, from the stage of the Holliday Street Theatre, The Star Spangled Banner, written by Francis Scott Key, was rendered for the first time publicly November 12, 1814. — — Map (db m2707) HM |
| On Calvert Street at Fayette Street, in the median on Calvert Street. |
| | Battle of North Point, 12th September, A.D. 1814, and of the Independence of the United States, the thirty-ninth
Bombardment of Fort McHenry, 15th September, A.D. 1814, and of the Independence of the United States, the thirty-ninth.
James . . . — — Map (db m89172) HM |
| | This Monument
was erected by the citizens of Baltimore under the management of the Committee of Vigilance and Safety
in honor of the gallant defenders of this City and Nation who fell in the Battle of North Point
and during the . . . — — Map (db m89203) HM WM |
| | [front side] This monument is erected in honor of the gallant defender of Fort McHenry near this city during its bombardment by the British Fleet on the 13th and 14th September 1814. He died universally esteemed and regretted on the 25th of April . . . — — Map (db m80930) HM |
| | Under his command the attack of the British upon Baltimore by land and sea Sept. 12-14, 1814 was repulsed. Member of Congress forty successive years, president U.S. Senate, Secretary of the Navy, Mayor of Baltimore.
Hero of both wars for . . . — — Map (db m2557) HM |
| | Baltimore’s importance as the commercial heart of the Chesapeake region wasn’t the only reason the British wanted to capture the city in 1814. They also wanted to stifle Fell’s Point---the home port for many of the privateers that preyed on British . . . — — Map (db m79711) WM |
| On Thames Street at Broadway on Thames Street. |
| | A “nest of pirates”—that’s what the British admiralty once dubbed Baltimore’s historic Fell’s Point, then one of the most important shipbuilding centers in the nation and the home port of courageous privateers who sailed speed . . . — — Map (db m61039) HM |
| | During the War of 1812 the young United States was embroiled in conflict with Great Britain. From 1812 to 1815 Americans fought to protect their rights and economic independence. They faced superior enemy forces on the homefront and the high . . . — — Map (db m79710) HM |
| | Of the 60 soldiers in Captain Frederick Evans' company, U.S. Corps of Artillery, 16 soldiers occupied this room, sleeping four to a bunk. To enhance an esprit de corps, the color yellow, signifying the artillery service, was used on the wood . . . — — Map (db m34890) HM |
| | British ships launched an attack on Fort McHenry early on September 13, 1814. The fort defended the water approach to the city of Baltimore. The future of the city and possibly the United States depended on the outcome. After the American defeat at . . . — — Map (db m61551) HM |
| | The Francis Scott Key Tablet above was dedicated as part of the National Star Spangled Banner Centennial celebration in 1914. Designed by Hans Schuler, the bronze shield depicts and American flag and myrtle (symbolic of love and immortality) . . . — — Map (db m60400) HM |
| | "...there should be an uprising in Baltimore, I shall be compelled to try to put it down; and that gun is the first I shall fire."
Major General John Dix, U.S. Army,1861
At the beginning of the Civil War, President . . . — — Map (db m66636) HM |
| Near Constellation Plaza 0.3 miles east of Wallace Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Two soldiers have finished guard duty and should be cleaning their weapons. Instead, they talk to a servant, enslaved to one of the militia officers. A sergeant overhears their conversation and prepares to rebuke them for talking instead of . . . — — Map (db m145543) HM |
| | To
Col. George Armistead,
April 10, 1779 – April 25, 1818,
commander of this fort
during the bombardment
by the British Fleet,
Sept. 13-14 1814. War of 1812.
Erected Spet. 12, 1914
by the City of Baltimore,
Soc. War of 1812 . . . — — Map (db m2595) HM |
| | The defenders who manned the heavy cannons in front of you represented a unique combination of soldiers and sailors. One unit, the U.S. Sea Fencibles, included civilian sailors. Wearing the clothing of their trade, they were issued muskets, drilled . . . — — Map (db m61147) WM |
| Near Constellation Plaza 0.3 miles east of Wallace Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | The arched chambers on either side of the sally port are identical bomb shelters for the fort's soldiers. They were built immediately after the bombardment of 1814, when it became obvious that such places were needed. Fortunately, Fort McHenry was . . . — — Map (db m12246) HM |
| Near Constellation Plaza 0.3 miles east of Wallace Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Fired by the British Naval Forces during the bombardment of this fort Sept. 13-14, 1814 when by the light of “Bombs bursting in air” the National Anthem – The Star Spangled Banner had its birth. — — Map (db m10882) HM |
| Near Constellation Plaza 0.1 miles east of Wallace Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | "This tree dedicated to Captain Francis Hancock, whose command discovered the attempt of 1200 British Marines to surprise Fort McHenry from the rear and revealed their boats to adjacent batteries by lighting fires on the opposite shore resulting in . . . — — Map (db m145565) HM |
| | Fort McHenry was surrounded by water, but none of it was fit to drink. In the early years, soldiers rowed into Baltimore to fill casks with fresh well water. They also collected rainwater from the barracks' roofs in a cistern located in this corner . . . — — Map (db m66631) HM |
| On Constellation Plaza 0.1 miles east of Wallace Street. |
| | "This tree dedicated to Colonel William M. McDonald who commanded the 6th Maryland Regiment at the Battle of North Point, September 12th, 1814." — — Map (db m145573) HM |
| | The rooms on the left end of this building stood as a separate structure during the 1814 period. this was the residence of Major George Armistead, commanding officer and “Hero of Fort McHenry.”
It was Armistead who directed the . . . — — Map (db m2592) HM |
| Near Constellation Plaza 0.3 miles east of Wallace Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | 9:00 a.m., September 14, 1814
"The enemy has been severely drubbed..."
Commodore John Rodgers, U.S. Navy 1814
At 7:30 a.m. on September 14, 1814, after 25 hours of shelling, the bomb ship HMS Volcano . . . — — Map (db m145545) HM |
| Near Constellation Plaza 0.3 miles east of Wallace Street, on the right when traveling east. Reported permanently removed. |
| | About 2:00 p.m. on September 13, 1814, gunners of the Maryland Militia under Captain J.H. Nicholson were waiting out the British bombardment behind this parapet. It was futile to return fire because their 21 pounder gun did not have the range to hit . . . — — Map (db m34591) HM |
| Near Constellation Plaza 0.3 miles east of Wallace Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | 2:00 p.m. September 13, 1814
Two men died on this ground. During the afternoon of the bombardment the men on this bastion felt helpless. The mortars on the British bomb ships could fire their 200-pound shells two miles (half way to the . . . — — Map (db m145544) HM |
| | You are standing in the most vulnerable point of Fort McHenry, and potentially the most deadly. The main entrance was the weakest part of the fort's walls. Fearing a British land attack, the defenders built the Ravelin (the structure to your right) . . . — — Map (db m66509) HM |
| Near E Fort Avenue, on the right when traveling east. |
| | After the Battle of Baltimore in 1814, Fort McHenry continued as a military post for more than a hundred years. The U.S. Army constructed buildings outside the star fort and modified existing structures to serve the needs of the time. During the . . . — — Map (db m10881) HM |
| |
1776
Whetstone Point shore battery
1794
Star Fort begun.
Later named for Washington’s Secretary of War
1795
Reservation partly acquired by the United States
1814
Gallant defence during British bombardment inspired the . . . — — Map (db m2569) HM |
| Near Constellation Plaza 0.1 miles east of Wallace Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | This tree dedicated to Francis Scott Key who was inspired to write our National Anthem — The Star Spangled Banner — by the flag which flew from Fort McHenry during its bombardment. — — Map (db m145550) HM |
| Near Constellation Plaza 0.3 miles east of Wallace Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| |
The successful defense of Baltimore from British attack has been remembered and commemorated every year since 1814.
The Society of the War of 1812 maintains the legacy of remembrance. This society traces its origin to Fort McHenry. On . . . — — Map (db m145540) HM |
| | 9:00 a.m., September 14, 1814
The bombardment has ended; the battle is over. As the rain clouds pass and the rays of the sun shine on the fort, the garrison, tired and relieved, stands upon the parade ground. All eyes stare at the large 30 x . . . — — Map (db m60567) HM |
| Near Constellation Plaza 0.1 miles east of Wallace Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | "This tree dedicated to Lieutenant H.S. Newcomb, of Barney's Flotilla, who commanded Fort Covington, water front battery supplemental to Fort McHenry, September 12th, 13th, 14th, 1814." — — Map (db m145575) HM |
| Near Constellation Plaza 0.1 miles east of Wallace Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | "This tree dedicated to Lieutenant John A. Webster, of Barney's Flotilia, who commanded Fort Babcock, water front battery supplement to Fort McHenry, September 12th, 13th, 14th, 1814." — — Map (db m145564) HM |
| On Constellation Plaza 0.1 miles east of Wallace Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | "This tree dedicated to Lieutenant John Frazier of Barney's Flotilla, who commanded the Lazarretto, a water front battery supplemental to Fort McHenry, September 12th, 13th, 14th, 1814." — — Map (db m145552) HM |
| Near Constellation Plaza 0.1 miles east of Wallace Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | "This tree dedicated to Lieutenant S. Rutter of Barney's Flotilla who commanded the barges that protected the entrance to the harbor as the left wing of the water battery of Fort McHenry." — — Map (db m145566) HM |
| Near E Fort Avenue, on the right when traveling east. |
| | When the British attacked in 1814, guns of this type – but larger – were fired from the ramparts and the water batteries near the riverbank. They kept the British warships from entering Baltimore Harbor, but they could not shoot far . . . — — Map (db m10885) HM |
| Near Fort Avenue. Reported permanently removed. |
| | If you had been standing on this rampart with the American gunners on the morning of September 14, 1814, you would have had a close-up view of the dramatic scene Francis Scott Key described in our National Anthem.
About two miles downstream, . . . — — Map (db m2572) HM |
| | The forts walls are called ramparts. An American flag flies over Fort McHenry twenty four hours a day by Presidential Proclamation.
The size of the flag varies. On clear days with the right amount of wind, a full-size replica of the . . . — — Map (db m61434) HM |
| | In 1916 the Fine Arts Commission sponsored a national competition for a statue to honor Francis Scott Key and the defenders who protected Baltimore during the War of 1812. It chose "Orpheus" by Charles Niehaus.
America's involvement in World War . . . — — Map (db m60452) HM |
| | Magazines are structures designed to protect gunpowder and ammunition from moisture, sparks and impact.
In 1814, a much smaller magazine stood here. During the famous bombardment, a British shell crashed into the roof, but miraculously failed . . . — — Map (db m2593) HM |
| Near Constellation Plaza 0.3 miles east of Wallace Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Near the end of the Civil War, several large cannon were mounted on the ravelin above, and in the adjacent water battery. The commanding officer ordered that 1,000 rounds of ammunition be kept nearby for each gun. In 1866, this magazine and two . . . — — Map (db m145542) HM |
| Near E Fort Avenue, on the right when traveling east. Reported missing. |
| | Fort McHenry protected the water approaches to Baltimore for more than a hundred years, but was attacked only once. On September 13-14, 1814, British ships fired rockets and mortars at the fort for twenty-five hours. Fort McHenry withstood the . . . — — Map (db m10875) HM |
| | Sailors provided the backbone of Baltimore’s defense during the War of 1812. A strong detachment of U.S. Navy seamen defended trenches on the outskirts of the city while members of the U.S. Chesapeake Flotilla served Fort McHenry’s largest cannons . . . — — Map (db m2588) HM |
| | By order of the President, the flag of the United States of America flies day and night here at the place where Francis Scott Key saw it when he wrote “The Star-Spangled Banner.”
Without words, the unfurled flag answers Key’s . . . — — Map (db m2571) HM |
| | These cannons represent the largest guns that defended the fort during the War of 1812. Cannons from this battery fired 18 and 36 pound iron balls almost a mile and a half. Heated cannonballs or “hot shop” proved especially devasting to . . . — — Map (db m2589) HM |
| | The gun deck in front of you is a partial representation of the forts 1814 Water Battery. Made up of 26 cannons in two tiers, the Water Battery comprised the fort's primary means of defense.
The Cannons that stood here fired shot weighing 18 and . . . — — Map (db m60411) HM |
| | This wedge-shaped outwork protected the fort's sally port from enemy fire, and helped to control access to the star fort. The U.S. Army built the original ravelin in 1813. The structure was modified to its presents dimensions in 1837.
The . . . — — Map (db m34593) HM |
| Near Constellation Plaza 0.1 miles east of Wallace Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Commanded a company of sea fencibles in the upper outside battery of Fort McHenry during its bombardment September 13th and 14th, 1814. — — Map (db m145563) HM |
| Near Constellation Plaza 0.1 miles east of Wallace Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Commanded a company of sea fencibles in the upper outside battery of Fort McHenry during its bombardment September 13th and 14th, 1814. — — Map (db m145561) HM |
| Near Constellation Plaza 0.1 miles east of Wallace Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Gunner in Barney's Marine Artillery who was killed in action during the bombardment of Fort McHenry September 13th, 1814. — — Map (db m145559) HM |
| Near Constellation Plaza 0.1 miles east of Wallace Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Commandant of Fort McHenry during its bombardment September 13th and 14th, 1814. — — Map (db m145556) HM |
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