Inscription
Star-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail
The British fleet approached Havre de Grace at dawn on the morning of May 3, 1813 in small launches. Rear Admiral Cockburn favored attacking towns at first light. Havre de Grace residents awoke to the terrifying sounds of bombs exploding and rockets hissing."...just at the dawn of day, he discovered four boats...(About sixteen boats) then appeared...and made their landing at the Point, the first four boats continuing up the river, and kept up an increasing fire with large cannon, shells, rockets, and musketry."
Reverend James Jones Wilmer,
Narrative Respecting the Conduct of the British, 1813
Painting
British Rear Admiral George Cockburn led the Upper Bay campaign of the War of 1812. Image courtesy National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Details
| HM Number | HM17KZ |
|---|---|
| Series | This marker is part of the Star Spangled Banner National Historic Trail series |
| Tags | |
| Historical Period | Other |
| Historical Place | Battlefield |
| Marker Type | Other |
| Marker Class | Historical Marker |
| Marker Style | Free Standing |
| Marker Condition | No reports yet |
| Date Added | Saturday, September 6th, 2014 at 8:59am PDT -07:00 |
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Locationbig map
| UTM (WGS84 Datum) | 18S E 406567 N 4377114 |
|---|---|
| Decimal Degrees | 39.53861667, -76.08728333 |
| Degrees and Decimal Minutes | N 39° 32.317', W 76° 5.237' |
| Degrees, Minutes and Seconds | 39° 32' 19.0200" N, 76° 5' 14.2200" W |
| Driving Directions | Google Maps |
| Area Code(s) | 443, 410 |
| Can be seen from road? | No |
| Is marker in the median? | No |
| Which side of the road? | Marker is on the right when traveling North |
| Closest Postal Address | At or near 300F Commerce 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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