British Landing - Havre de Grace, MD
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bluesnote
N 39° 32.426 W 076° 05.078
18S E 406797 N 4377314
One of many plaques in Havre de Grace.
Waymark Code: WMXG5A
Location: Maryland, United States
Date Posted: 01/08/2018
Views: 2
The sign reads, "The town's defenders -- numbering about 20 -- failed to prevent some 400 British troops from coming ashore May 3, 1813.
A gun battery, probably located north of where the lighthouse now stands, was manned single-handedly by John O'Niell for a short time. He was later caught with two muskets and imprisoned on a British ship for several days.
"I observed Guns fired and American Colours hoisted at a battery lately erected at Havre-de-Grace...[we] opened [fire] on the Place...which was smartly returned from the Battery for a short time..." -- British Rear Admiral George Cockburn, May 3, 1813."
Date Erected/Dedicated: 2013
Who put it there? Private/Government?: National Park Service, Department of the Interior
Location/Address:
700 Concord St Havre De Grace, MD 21078
County/Province: Harford County
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