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Daytripping: Sushi Hana, 7 West Chesapeake, Mt. Washington and Fort McHenry

May 22, 2024 Eddie Applefeld

Fort McHenry was built in 1798 it was continuously used by the armed Forces through World War ll. It was designated a National Park in 1925 and in 1939 was re-designated as a U.S. National Monument. And in 1966 it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places. And it’s in our backyard.

Francis Warrington Gillet IV and his father, Francis Warrington Gillet III, remove the cover from the Michael O’Neal painting titled "Maryland Over Flanders". (Anthony C. Hayes)

Baltimore News World War I

Forgotten Maryland WWI hero immortalized in art

November 18, 2016May 17, 2017 Anthony C. Hayes

Francis Warrington Gillet IV and his father, Francis Warrington Gillet III, remove the veil covering “Maryland Over Flanders” by artist

Confederate monuments debate ‘a political football’ says Civil War historian

July 9, 2015July 10, 2015 Anthony C. Hayes

(Glory Stands Beside Our Grief – erected in 1909 by the Maryland Daughters of the Confederacy ~ Anthony C. Hayes)

Blogs Eddie's Corner

Fort McHenry via Cape May, Roanoke and more

July 23, 2013 Eddie Applefeld

The last time I was on the road, I had so much fun (and hopefully you did too) that I decided

Blogs Left Coast Logic

Should Bruce Springsteen write a new National Anthem?

April 3, 2013April 3, 2013 Tim Forkes

Did you ever wonder how and why “The Star Spangled Banner” became the National Anthem? Me neither, other than poet