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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Y16_united-states-merchant-seamen-memorial-a-war-memorial_Baltimore-MD.html
To the memory of the United States Merchant Seamen who lost their lives serving the United States of America. Donations: National Maritime Union of America, International Organization of Masters Mates and Pilots, Seafarers International Union of N…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Y0Z_a-history-of-firsts-in-baltimore-historical_Baltimore-MD.html
From its founding in 1729, Baltimore's proximity to the Chesapeake Bay was the engine that drove commerce, trade and industry. The most inland port on the eastern seaboard, Baltimore boomed as a leading city, center of industrial innovation and tr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1IJ1_adventure-begins-at-the-bays-front-door_Baltimore-MD.html
It's amazing how much has happened here since Captain John Smith traveled up the Patapsco while exploring the Chesapeake Bay in 1608. Since its founding in 1729, Baltimore has been the scene of some of American history's great moments, among them …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1IIS_strategic-post_Baltimore-MD.html
Known as Lookout Hill, this high ground served as observation post, military camp, and gun battery. Although unfinished when the British arrived, the battery helped fend off a naval flanking attack September 14, 1814. Had the enemy maneuver succee…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19CK_civil-war-magazine_Baltimore-MD.html
Larger cannon — and more cannon — came to Fort McHenry during the Civil War period. To provide safe storage for the additional gunpowder and ammunition, the Army built this magazine in 1864.
From the inside it doesn't look especiall…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19CE_allegiance-by-force_Baltimore-MD.html
"if 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 Abraham Lincoln direc…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19B8_grand-army-of-the-republic_Baltimore-MD.html
In memory of the Grand Army of the Republic by the Daughters of the Union Veterans of the Civil War, 1861-1865.
Mother Sperling Tent No. 1, April 23, 1933.
[rear of marker] [Engraving of a 13-star flag] Our fathers saved.
[text on top of …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1992_entering-fort-mchenry-a-deadly-crossfire_Baltimore-MD.html
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…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18N9_the-great-guns-of-the-fort_Baltimore-MD.html
The guns in front of you are the heaviest cannons ever mounted at Fort McHenry. The largest fired exploding projectiles weighing 440 pounds. Mass-produced they represent the "coming of age" of America's iron industry. A special process developed b…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18G8_joseph-gans_Baltimore-MD.html
GANSJosephNov.25, 1874-Aug.10, 1910. World's Lightweight Champion1902-1904 1906-1908Inducted into IBHOF 1990
[Bronze plaque at bottom of monument:]Grave site restored 2005 - Veteran Boxers Association, Inc. International Ring 101 - Baltimore, M…