• The Star-Spangled Banner flying over Tangier Island, VA.

    Star-Spangled Banner

    National Historic Trail DC, MD, VA

1812 Links and Resources

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Photo courtesy of Iain Burns

Members of the 1st Royal Scots, Battle of Bladensburg Reenactment, Riversdale Museum, Summer 2009

Links to War of 1812 Bicentennial Activities

 

Maryland 1812 Bicentennial

 

Virginia Bicentennial of the War of 1812

 

Battle of Bladensburg Bicentennial

 

Eastern Shore War of 1812 Consortium

 
Upper Bay War of 1812 Bicentennial

 

Baltimore City War of 1812 Commemoration

 

Alexandria War of 1812 Bicentennial


National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution

 

Washington, DC War of 1812 Bicentennial Commission
 

1812 Books, Films and Online Resources -- Compiled by the Maryland War of 1812 Bicentennial Commission Staff


War of 1812 Historical Resources


The Man Who Captured Washington - British General Robert Ross

Music of the War of 1812 in America

Living History Units

12th United States Infantry Regiment

1812 1st Royal Scots Regiment - Centrex Company of the 1st Royal Regiment, The Royal Scots

 

Maryland Light Dragoons-Mounted Maryland Militia cavalry unit of 1812 period War of 1812 Sites

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Members of the Maryland Militia Light Dragoons participate in the War of 1812 Grand Tactical held at Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum in Calvert County, 2008
Photo Courtesy of Michael Bosworth

Did You Know?

Pottery Shards

Scientists estimate that at least 100,000 archaeological sites are scattered around the Chesapeake Bay; however only a small percentage of those are documented.