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  2. History of the Germans in Baltimore - Wikipedia

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    In 1940, 9,744 immigrants from Germany lived in Baltimore. These immigrants comprised 16% of the city's foreign-born white population. [ 4 ] In total, 23,889 people of German birth or descent lived in the city, comprising 17.1% of the foreign-stock white population.

  3. Fort McHenry - Wikipedia

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    Fort McHenry is a historical American coastal pentagonal bastion fort on Locust Point, now a neighborhood of Baltimore, Maryland.It is best known for its role in the War of 1812, when it successfully defended Baltimore Harbor from an attack by the British navy from Chesapeake Bay on September 13–14, 1814.

  4. Battle of Baltimore - Wikipedia

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    The Battle of Baltimore (September 12–15, 1814) took place between British and American forces in the War of 1812. American forces repulsed sea and land invasions off the busy port city of Baltimore , Maryland , and killed the commander of the invading British forces.

  5. Timeline of Baltimore - Wikipedia

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    Map of Baltimore, 1867. 1800 - Population: 26,504 people. [7] 1803 Fort McHenry built. [8] Dispensary incorporated. [5] 1806 - St. Mary's College and Theological Seminary incorporated. 1807 University of Maryland founded. Baltimore Museum established. [9] Baltimore Circulating Library in business. [10] 1809 - Joseph Robinson's Circulating ...

  6. North Point State Battlefield - Wikipedia

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    North Point State Battlefield is a publicly owned historic preserve in Dundalk, Baltimore County, Maryland, that commemorates a portion of the site where the Battle of North Point was fought during the War of 1812. [2] On September 12, 1814, Brigadier General John Stricker commanded forces of the Maryland Militia from within the park's borders.

  7. Battle Monument - Wikipedia

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    The Battle Monument, located in Battle Monument Square on North Calvert Street between East Fayette and East Lexington Streets in Baltimore, Maryland, commemorates the Battle of Baltimore, with the British fleet of the Royal Navy's bombardment of Fort McHenry, the Battle of North Point, southeast of the city in Baltimore County on the Patapsco Neck peninsula, and the stand-off on the eastern ...

  8. Battle of Caulk's Field - Wikipedia

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    The British Invasion of Maryland, 1812–1815. Baltimore: Society of the War of 1812 in Maryland. OCLC 3399474. Pitch, Anthony S. (2000). The Burning of Washington. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-55750-425-3. Whitehorne, Joseph A. (1997). The Battle for Baltimore, 1814. Baltimore: Nautical & Aviation Publishing. ISBN 1 ...

  9. 1812 Baltimore riots - Wikipedia

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    The Baltimore riots of 1812 were a series of violent riots that occurred in the months of June and July 1812 in Baltimore, Maryland.The riots were in response to a series of anti-war articles written in a Federalist newspaper by federalist statesman Alexander Contee Hanson after the United States had declared war on United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland during the War of 1812.