No Respect - Havre de Grace, MD
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bluesnote
N 39° 32.869 W 076° 05.507
18S E 406192 N 4378139
One of many historical markers in Havre de Grace, Maryland.
Waymark Code: WM14AYF
Location: Maryland, United States
Date Posted: 06/01/2021
Views: 5
The plaque says, "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"
Date Erected/Dedicated: 2011
Who put it there? Private/Government?: NPS
Location/Address:
Havre de Grace, MD, USA
County/Province: USA
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