Inscription
Star-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail
Travelers on the Post Road, the main route of north/south travel, passed through Havre de Grace and crossed the Susquehanna River on a ferry to Perryville. The ferry was chartered in 1695 and remained in use until the first railroad bridge was built in 1866. Because of the ferries' importance to commerce, the British burned them during their 1813 attack on Havre de Grace."(The British) took, plundered, and burnt the small vessels passing from one shore of the bay to the other, belonging to individuals, and loaded entirely with private property. This was their uniform practice."
Jared Sparks,
Conflagration of Havre de Grace, 1817
Painting Caption
A Ferry Scene on the Susquehanna at Wright's Ferry near Havre de Grace, ca 1811 by Pavel Petrovich Svinin. Image The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Ferry launches were located just north and south of David Craig Park in Havre de Grace, and near Rodgers Tavern on the Perryville side of the river. When the first railroad bridge was built in 1866, it followed a route similar to what the ferries must have taken across the river.
Details
| HM Number | HM17KH |
|---|---|
| Series | This marker is part of the Star Spangled Banner National Historic Trail series |
| Tags | |
| Historical Period | 19th Century |
| Historical Place | Battlefield, Business Center, River |
| Marker Type | Historic Building |
| Marker Class | Historical Marker |
| Marker Style | Free Standing |
| Placed By | National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior |
| Marker Condition | No reports yet |
| Date Added | Wednesday, September 24th, 2014 at 6:52am PDT -07:00 |
Pictures
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Locationbig map
| UTM (WGS84 Datum) | 18S E 406106 N 4379049 |
|---|---|
| Decimal Degrees | 39.55600000, -76.09291667 |
| Degrees and Decimal Minutes | N 39° 33.36', W 76° 5.575' |
| Degrees, Minutes and Seconds | 39° 33' 21.6000" N, 76° 5' 34.5000" W |
| Driving Directions | Google Maps |
| Area Code(s) | 443, 410 |
| Can be seen from road? | No |
| Is marker in the median? | No |
| Closest Postal Address | At or near 723 Water St, Havre de Grace MD 21078, US |
| Alternative Maps | Google Maps, MapQuest, Bing Maps, Yahoo Maps, MSR Maps, OpenCycleMap, MyTopo Maps, OpenStreetMap |
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