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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3RQ_solo-gibbs-park_Baltimore-MD.html
Solo Gibbs Park was created in 1979 when 1-395 was built. The 1869 Sachse Bird's Eye View Illustrated Map shows the once larger neighborhood where, since the late 1700s a free African American community lived, worked and worshipped along side Euro…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3RP_struggling-for-equality_Baltimore-MD.html
Slavery, segregation, discrimination, and the struggle for equality have defined the African American experience in Baltimore. At the start of the Civil War, Baltimore had 25,680 free blacks-more than any other U.S. city-and only 2,218 slaves. Ove…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3M9_admiral-guillermo-brown_Baltimore-MD.html
In honor to the abiding memory ofThe father of the Argentine NavyAdmiral Guillermo BrownOn the banks of the Delaware where he started his maritime career."Brave in combat, magnanimous in victory and audacious in his decisions"Born in 1777 in Foxfo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3AC_railroads-eclipse-a-national-road_Baltimore-MD.html
For several decades in the early 1800s, thousands of Conestoga Wagons, "ships of inland commerce," ruled the National Road. With their sloping bodies, wheels taller than a man and six-horse teamsskillfully maneuvered with a single "jerk line," the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3AA_the-national-road_Baltimore-MD.html
". . . so many happy people, restless in the midst of abundance." —Alexis de Tocqueville, 1840. Americans are an adventurous people. Frompast to present, they have used feet, horses,wagons, stagecoaches, canals, railroads,bicycles, automo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1H8_mt-clare_Baltimore-MD.html
This outstanding Georgian mansion, built between 1754 and 1768, was the home of Charles Carroll, Barrister and framer of Maryland's first Constitution and Declaration of Rights. Carroll and his wife Margaret Tilghman made Mount Clare a center of e…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM129_armistead_Baltimore-MD.html
To Col. George Armistead,April 10, 1779 - April 25, 1818,commander of this fortduring the bombardment by the British Fleet, Sept. 13-14 1814. War of 1812. Erected Spet. 12, 1914by the City of Baltimore,Soc. War of 1812 contributing.In commemora…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM127_powder-magazine_Baltimore-MD.html
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 t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM126_commanding-officers-quarters_Baltimore-MD.html
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 successful defen…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM124_civil-war-guardhouse_Baltimore-MD.html
Fort McHenry has had several guardhouses. This one, built in 1835 and enlarged in 1857, is one of the best preserved buildings in the star fort. Soldiers on duty in this room guarded military offenders in the adjacent cells. During the Civil Wa…
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