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Monocacy River: The battle that saved Washington

On July 8, 1864, Confederate troops under Lt. Gen. Jubal Early — about 15,000 in numbers — were marching through

American troops on the march in France during World War I. (Wikimedia) On April 6, America and many of its

“Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord …” You can thank the author of that

Harpers Ferry National Historic Park is 70 miles from Baltimore’s Inner Harbor but might as well be on another continent. Baltimoreans