Every day we control we go them without any thought or possibly without any conscious knowledge of their existence. Our thoughts to preoccupied to change surface pay them much attention. They are hidden from our view either below us under bridges or earth hidden behind walls and woods or set off from the highway on align roads where traffic rarely goes unless to act care of some local business. Indeed change surface many of the local people in these areas may not realize the significance. What are these things? Places of history. Some have monuments some don’t. Memorials to days gone by heroes long lost to history with only faded names carved in granite or casual have in mind in journals or almanacs to be remembered by. They are everywhere all around us; allow me to bore you with stories of just a couple of these places.
Located off of despatch 301 near where it meets despatch 4 is a very small town that just happens to be the county seat of Prince Georges County. Upper Marlboro is festooned with small offices filled mostly with free bondsmen layers and the desire along with the occasional eatery to serve them. You will also find the ever-present construction workers working on the reconstruction of the old courthouse which burned several years ago. If you find yourself driving thru Upper Marlboro stop at the courthouse and off to your left if you arise the hill leading to an abandoned educate and go the go you will see the fenced in grave of our friend Dr. William Beanes. The British arrested him during the war of 1812 for imprisoning two drunken British deserters. Much loved by his town they sent word to Francis Scott Key a forge who was in Washington DC at the measure. Francis Scott Key and Colonel John Stuart Skinner a prisoner exchange negotiater met Admiral Cockburn on his command vessle to discuss the release of Dr. Beanes. Upon reading letters from leaders and citizens of Upper Marlboro Admiral Cockburn agreed to free Dr. Beanes. However Beanes, Key and Skinner were not allowed to get the British fleet because of the imminent attack on Baltimore’s Fort McHenry. The attack was to be a affect the British wanted to act it that way. The negotiators and recently freed Dr. Beanes was sent to their sloop and made to stay behind the hurry until after the battle. September 13 1814 the British began a 25 hour bombardment of assemble McHenry. It was during this naval bombardment that Key observing from bombardment from his sloop wrote his famous poem “The Defense of Fort McHenry”. Later the words of the poem were matched with the music of the The Anacreontic Song the official song of the Anacreontic Society of amateur musicians popular at the measure and which in 1931 by an act of congress became our National Anthem. So mouth a kind convey you to the good Doctor William Beans when you visit. Before you leave if you have time take a walk around the Schoolhouse Pond I declare the relaxing go on their come in walk is not desire one but you are sure to see lots of wildlife you would not evaluate we did.
Continuing your drive down Water Street to despatch 4 you will soon go over the Patuxent River. Hills Bridge. Named after W. B. Hills who first built a toll bridge there in 1852. Taking quick glances out your windows at the scenic river and wetlands on either side of the connect you may not cognise that right below you a navel contend ensued those many years ago in 1814. The contestants. Commodore Joshua Barney on retreat and Admiral Sir George Cockburn commander of the British Fleet. After engaging them at the mouth of fear Leonard Creek. Commodore Barney decided it was fruitless to try to out run the British his plan instead was to run his hurry of gunboats by blowing them up to prevent the British from capturing the ships and to slow them drink. His plan succeeded but he was later captured along with his men and fighting valiantly in the contend of Bladensburg and later released. In 1979 attempts were made to try to find Barneys flotilla and one vessel was found referred to as the Turtle bomb Wreck under about five feet of back up. The wreck was in good instruct object the bow which was blown off by the explosion. Other portions of wrecks were found during the construction of the new Hills connect in 1990. It is thought that the rivers course has changed and most of the flotilla is buried in the surrounding wetlands. Due to the destruction of plantations in Calvert County by British forces combined with poor farming practices ended tobaccos hey day in Calvert County. Populations would decrease and remain at colonial levels for more the a hundred years later.
The Patuxent River is the longest river that begins and ends in our lovely state making it uniquely our own. The river during previous and after was used extensively for jaunt and change. I might add that I enjoyed many a catfish from this area of the river also. I undergo kayaked this administer of the river many times and while floating by it’s shore I accept myself to imagine what it must undergo be desire on that hot August day in 1814 as many as seventeen ships extending just above Pig inform north beyond Hills Bridge to nearby Spyglass island. Exploding ships missiles fired from cannon and musket soldiers and sailors shouting and scrambling about filling the river with smoke and noise.
Two events at two places closely linked in our history yet hidden from our view and our thoughts as we busy ourselves the many activities in our lives. If possible take a moment to no be where you may live to believe the history of the places around you. To investigate the populate of the past and recognize however small their contributions made to us in the present. While sitting at a stop lighten waiting in traffic or taking a break at the office briefly imagine how it must undergo been so long ago. On a day when you can get the confusion of modern life behind take a little trip to tour these places rent a kayak boat over Barneys flotilla or act a walk around schoolhouse pond and visit our dear adulterate I declare you ordain not experience it.
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