Historical Marker Search

You searched for Postal Code: 21230

Page 8 of 9 — Showing results 71 to 80 of 82
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM122_the-guns-that-won-the-battle_Baltimore-MD.html
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 wooden shi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM121_sailors-fighting-sailors_Baltimore-MD.html
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…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11N_o-say-can-you-see_Baltimore-MD.html
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, ha…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11M_star-spangled-banner_Baltimore-MD.html
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 immortal question,…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11J_fort-mchenry_Baltimore-MD.html
1814 - 1914 1776Whetstone Point shore battery1794Star Fort begun.Later named for Washington's Secretary of War1795Reservation partly acquired by the United States1814Gallant defence during British bombardment inspired the writing of The Star-Sp…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11I_fort-mchenry-national-monument-historic-shrine_Baltimore-MD.html
As a guardian of Baltimore's harbor, Fort McHenry is the site of the sucessful defense of the city by American Forces during the British attack on September 12-14, 1814 which inspired Francis Scott Key to write "The Star-Spangled Banner." Fort …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11B_locust-point_Baltimore-MD.html
Established as a port of entry in 1706, this peninsula was originally known as Whetstone Point. Along this road in 1814, soldiers marched to the defense of Fort McHenry, nearby. Port facilities served as a Federal supply camp in the Civil War. Lat…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11A_federal-hill_Baltimore-MD.html
On the evening of May 13, 1861, U.S. General Benjamin E. Butler's troops occupied Federal Hill and brought their guns to bear on Baltimore. For the next four years the hill, garrisoned by 10 different regiments, served as a strategic Union strong …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM118_col-geo-armistead_Baltimore-MD.html
[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 …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM117_major-general-samuel-smith_Baltimore-MD.html
1752-1839. 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 war…
PAGE 8 OF 9