Daring to Resist

Daring to Resist. Star-Spangled Banner Historic Trail. From opposite sides of the Sassafras River local militia fired at British raiders advancing toward Fredericktown and Georgetown May 5-6 , 1813. The militia fought only briefly before retreating, but the towns paid dearly. The British reduced much of Fredericktown to ashes; then crossed to Georgetown, setting much of it aflame as well. Catharine "Kitty" Knight reportedly persuaded the British commander to save this house and that of her elderly neighbor, two of the ten or so houses that survived the sacking of Georgetown. , Residents of nearby Turner's Creek did not resist. The British spared the settlement, "leaving People of this Place well-pleased with the wisdom of their mod of receiving us." , "Yesterday I witnessed a scene that surpasses all description. It was the little villages of George and Fredericktown, nearly all in flames" -- Washington Daily National Intelligencer, May 14, 1813, Nearby places to explore the War of 18 12, General Reed's Grave - Hero of Battle of Caulk's Field buried at Christ Episcopal I. U. Church, Worton, Chestertown Visitor Center - Information on War of 18 12 sites in Kent County and Upper Bay region, Turner's Creek Landing Park - Kent County park with access to the Sassafras River, site of a former shipping port, Caulk's Field - Site of an American victory at a crucial time during the war, Havre de Grace - A town also punished by British raiders for showing resistance, [bottom captions] , Lathim House and Granary -- image / Bernadette Van Pelt , Reenactment Event at Lock House -- City of Havre de Grace, Partners on the Trail