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THIS CANNON OF THE TYPE USED IN THE DEFENSE OF BALTIMORE IN THE WAR OF 1812. SEE ALSO-THIS CANNON MEMORIAL

THIS CANNON OF THE TYPE USED IN THE DEFENSE OF BALTIMORE IN THE WAR OF 1812. SEE ALSO-THIS CANNON MEMORIAL PLAQUE

SEE ALSO-AQUILA RANDALL MEMORIAL

AQUILA RANDALL WAS A PRIVATE IN THE MECHANICAL VOLUNTEERS OF THE FIFTH REGIMENT OF MARYLAND MILITIA. HE WAS KILLED IN A SKIRMISH WITH THE BRITISH. HIS STONE IS INSCRIBED: "HOW BEAUTIFUL IS DEATH WHEN EARNED BY VIRTUE".

BRITISH LANDED TROOPS AND SUPPLIES HERE FOR AN ATTACK ON BALTIMORE. THEY WERE MET AND DEFEATED BY AMERICANS IN THE BATTLE OF NORTH POINT.

ERECTED TO HONOR THE HEROISM OF THE MEN WHO SO BRAVELY DEFENDED FORT DUFFY AND FREDERICKTOWN AGAINST THE BRITISH FLEET MAY 5, 1813.

THE LONG RIFLE WAS A DISTINCTLY AMERICAN WEAPON DEVELOPED ON THE FRONTIER FOR ACCURACY AND DISTANCE. IT WAS USED BY REGIMENT OF KENTUCKY MARKSMAN IN THE 1814 BATTLE OF NEW ORLEANS.

THESE BARRACKS MARK THE COURSE OF THE STRUGGLE FOR AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE.