No Respect

No Respect (HM1B6X)

Location: Havre De Grace, MD 21078 Harford County
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Country: United States of America
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N 39° 32.875', W 76° 5.507'

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St. John's Episcopal Church survived the British attack on Havre de Grace May 3, 1813. The enemy spared the 1809 structure but damaged the interior. According to a newspaper account: "Finding nothing to steal (the raiders) 'magnanimously' attacked the windows(s) with brick bats and stones, and demolished them."

"One would suppose...they would have shown some respect to this building as...'The English Church'...But it seems all sense of shame was lost...Plunder and devastation was the order of the day..."
-Rev. James Jones Wilmer, 1813

Barbarians
First-person accounts of the devastation at Havre de Grace fueled newspaper reports of "wanton barbarity among civilized people." British Rear Admiral George Cockburn, portrayed as a villainous "violator of all laws, human (and) divine," struck terror as he made an example of Havre de Grace for other towns.
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HM NumberHM1B6X
Series This marker is part of the Star Spangled Banner National Historic Trail series
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Year Placed2013
Marker ConditionNo reports yet
Date Added Thursday, October 23rd, 2014 at 1:47am PDT -07:00
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Locationbig map
UTM (WGS84 Datum)18S E 406192 N 4378151
Decimal Degrees39.54791667, -76.09178333
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 39° 32.875', W 76° 5.507'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds39° 32' 52.50" N, 76° 5' 30.42" W
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Area Code(s)443, 410
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 100-120 N Union Ave, Havre De Grace MD 21078, US
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