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What Archaeology Can Tell Us About The War Of 1812
Sheilah talks with Julie Schablitsky and Michael Lucas, co-editors of the new book "Archaeology of the War of 1812."No doubt crickets chirped and birds warbled in Maryland fields in August 1814, but...
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"The Chausseur"
Privateer Thomas Boyle captains the The Chausseur, the clipper that would eventually become The Pride of Baltimore.The early days of the "Pride of Baltimore."
View ArticleJoey Odoms' Big Night At M&T Bank Stadium
The Baltimore Ravens open their preseason campaign at M&T Bank Stadium Thursday with a new inside linebacker, a new nose tackle and a new singer to deliver the national anthem, Baltimore native...
View ArticleA Star Spangled Celebration For A Star Spangled Song
There will be tall ships and gray ships, skipjacks and schooners in Baltimore’s harbor in September for the celebration of the 200th anniversary of the national anthem.
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Joshua Barney
Barney and his Chesapeake fleet battle British forces. The British plan to burn Washington, but first, they must take Bladensburg!
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Your Maryland - "The Most Hated Man in Baltimore"
In 1812, Alexander Contee Hanson, editor of the Federal Republican newspaper, angers local citizens and causes rioting in Baltimore with his Federalist politics and publication.
View ArticleMr. Key's Questions
As we all know, the first line of the first stanza of Francis Scott Key’s poem, the Defense of Ft. McHenry, talks about the “dawn’s early light.” So, why did the folks at Fort McHenry wait till 9 a.m....
View ArticleYour Maryland - A Frolic with the Yankees
The story of Sir Peter Parker of the Royal Navy.
View ArticleYour Maryland - "The Burning of Havre de Grace"
On a beautiful morning in May 1813, the people of Havre de Grace awoke to a terrifying sight.
View ArticleYour Maryland - "The Scourge of the Chesapeake"
When Rear-Admiral George Cockburn of the Royal Navy arrived in the Chesapeake in the spring of 1813, he was a naval hero of sterling reputation and a household name in Britain.
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