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Reenactment & Commemoration of the Battle of North Point during the War of 1812
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Free.Location:
Fort Howard Park 9500 North Point Rd Fort Howard, MD 21052Repeating Event
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Join the Flag House and Dundalk Patapsco Neck Historical Society for a reenactment & commemoration of the Battle of North Point during the War of 1812
- At Fort Howard Park
- Saturday, August 31 and Sunday, September 1
- Events from 10am-4pm Saturday and Sunday.
- Fort Howard Park, Fort Howard, MD 21052
This is a partner event, this is not our event, to learn more go to the Star-Spangled Banner Flag House website
History:
After crushing the Americans at Bladensburg and invading the nation’s capital, the British targeted Baltimore. If they could capture the city---the third largest in the United States and a commercial and shipbuilding hub---they could likely bring the war to an end. Military and civilians, including free and enslaved African Americans, rallied to fend off the British.
On September 12-14, 1814, the British attacked by land from North Point and by water at Fort McHenry on the Patapsco River. The impressive American defenses and the failure to capture Fort McHenry persuaded the British to withdraw, essentially ending the Chesapeake Campaign of 1814.
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