A Valiant Stand Star-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail - Colmar Manor, MD
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After penetrating two lines of defense, the British rushed toward the third line. Commodore Joshua Barney and Captain Samuel Miller with 400 flotillamen, 114 U.S. Marines, and some militia made a stand with five big guns across Bladensburg Road.
Waymark Code: WM1238Y
Location: Maryland, United States
Date Posted: 02/15/2020
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A Valiant Stand Star-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail-After penetrating two lines of defense, the British rushed toward the third line. Commodore Joshua Barney and Captain Samuel Miller with 400 flotillamen, 114 U.S. Marines, and some militia made a stand with five big guns across Bladensburg Road.
Both Barney and Miller were wounded in the battle. Outflanked and out of ammunition, Barney ordered a retreat. That night, August 24, 1814, the British burned federal buildings in Washington, D.C.
Due Respect
From the Patuxent River, Joshua Barney and his flotilla crew marched to Washington. They helped from the third line at Bladensburg. After the battle, Barney’s opponents, Rear Adm. Cockburn and Maj. Gen. Ross, praised his actions, paroled him, and provided medical care. The admiral said Barney and his men “gave us the only fighting we have had.”
“The enemy who had been kept in check by our fire for nearly aow began to out flank us on the right…”
–Com. Joshua Barney to Secretary of Navy William Jones, August 29, 1814.
Date Erected/Dedicated: 2014
Who put it there? Private/Government?: National Park Service-United States Department of the Interior.
Location/Address:
37th Avenue
At entrance to Colmar Manor Fields
Brentwood, MD USA
20722
County/Province: Prince George's County
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