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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM162H_bostwick_Bladensburg-MD.html
Built in 1746 by Christopher Lowndes. Home of Benjamin Stoddert First Secretary of the U.S. Navy 1798 — 1801.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15T9_clearing-the-way-to-washington_Bladensburg-MD.html
The Battle of Bladensburg on August 24, 1814, ended in defeat for the United States and allowed the British to invade Washington, D.C. Once the Americans realized the British route of advance, there was little time to prepare. They hastily establi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15J6_casualties-of-war_Bladensburg-MD.html
The Hilleary-Magruder House was likely one of many sites in town where more than 200 British and American soldiers wounded in the Battle of Bladensburg were taken for treatment and convalescence. Built in 1742 by William Hilleary, later the home o…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15IK_british-advance_Bladensburg-MD.html
This house from the days when Bladensburg was a busy port town where George Washington stopped as he traveled the Old Post Road. On August 24, 1814, the British established an artillery position nearby and fired cannon and rockets at American defe…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMM68_dinosaur-alley_Bladensburg-MD.html
Bladensburg lies in the geologic region known as "Dinosaur Alley." It is the area on the East Coast of the United States were the greatest number of dinosaur bones have been found. Dinosaur Alley runs along the Route 1 corridor between Baltimore a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMM67_the-incidental-cause-of-the-star-spangled-banner-1814_Bladensburg-MD.html
Following the Battle of Bladensburg and the sacking and burning of Washington, D.C., during the war of 1812, British troops reentered the town of Upper Marlboro on August 26, 1814. It was at this point that some stragglers were arrested and impris…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM55Q_colonial-ropemaking_Bladensburg-MD.html
One of the maritime industries that was present in the colonial port of Bladensburg was the making of rope and various other types of cordage. In colonial and nineteenth century America, this activity took place in a manufacturing facility known a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM55P_railroad-history-in-bladensburg_Bladensburg-MD.html
In its infancy in America, the railroad came to Bladensburg. In 1833, construction began in Baltimore on the 32-mile-long Washington line of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. It originally passed directly through Bladensburg, however, the main line…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM55O_historic-bladensburg-waterfront-park-port-town-history_Bladensburg-MD.html
In 1742, the town of Bladensburg was created on the banks of the Anacostia River (also known as the Eastern Branch of the Potomac river) through an act of the Maryland General Assembly for the purpose of promoting trade and commerce. The act state…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM55N_joshua-barneys-barge-and-the-chesapeake-flotilla_Bladensburg-MD.html
Joshua Barney's Barge is a 4/5 scale, authentic working replica of an American warship of the Chesapeake Flotilla from the War of 1812. This barge was built as a project of the Prince George's County tricentennial in 1996 by The Maryland-National …