Star-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail
— War of 1812 —
Joshua Barney's Chesapeake Flotilla was trapped in the shallows just upriver from here. With orders to keep his boats out of enemy hands, Barney reluctantly ordered his men to destroy the flotilla when the British approached. They laid trains of gunpowder to explosives aboard each barge. As the British rounded Pig Point south of here on August 22, 1814, the Americans touched off the first fuse.| HM Number | HM1IKZ |
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| Series | This marker is part of the Star Spangled Banner National Historic Trail series |
| Tags | |
| Historical Period | 19th Century |
| Historical Place | Battlefield |
| Marker Type | Other |
| Marker Class | Historical Marker |
| Marker Style | Interpretative Marker / Sign |
| Placed By | National Park Service-United States Department of the Interior |
| Marker Condition | No reports yet |
| Date Added | Wednesday, December 31st, 2014 at 9:01am PST -08:00 |
| UTM (WGS84 Datum) | 31N E 166021 N 0 |
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| Decimal Degrees | 38.81140000, -76.71060000 |
| Degrees and Decimal Minutes | N 38° 48.684', W 76° 42.636' |
| Degrees, Minutes and Seconds | 38° 48' 41.04" N, 76° 42' 38.16" W |
| Driving Directions | Google Maps |
| Area Code(s) | 410, 301, 240 |
| Can be seen from road? | No |
| Is marker in the median? | No |
| Closest Postal Address | At or near 1598 Marlboro Rd, Lothian MD 20711, US |
| Alternative Maps | Google Maps, MapQuest, Bing Maps, Yahoo Maps, MSR Maps, OpenCycleMap, MyTopo Maps, OpenStreetMap |
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