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SUMMARY:Voices of the Maryland 400: Maryland's Revolutionary War Soldiers at the Battle of Brooklyn in 1776
DESCRIPTION:Voices of the Maryland 400: Maryland’s Revolutionary War Soldiers at the Battle of Brooklyn in 1776: \nIn August 1776\, the Continental Army suffered a terrible defeat at the Battle of Brooklyn\, the first major battle of the Revolutionary War. The battle nearly saw the complete destruction of the American army\, but a desperate stand by a contingent of Maryland soldiers helped to stave off the British and allow the Americans to fight another day. \nLearn more about these soldiers\, now called the Maryland 400\, and hear first-hand accounts of their actions at the battle. This talk will also discuss the lives of several soldiers from the unit\, exploring them and their families during and after the Revolutionary War \nSpeaker’s Bio: \nOwen Lourie is a senior archivist at the Maryland State Archives specializing in Maryland government and military history during the colonial era and early republic. He holds an M.A. in history from the University of Maryland\, Baltimore County and a B.A. from Kenyon College in American Studies. Owen is the director of Finding the Maryland 400\, a research project studying the First Maryland Regiment. He is the author Finding the Maryland 400\, a history of the Maryland Line\, chronicling the soldiers of the Maryland 400 during the Revolutionary War\, due out this summer.
URL:https://heartofthecivilwar.org/event/voices-of-the-maryland-400-marylands-revolutionary-war-soldiers-at-the-battle-of-brooklyn-in-1776/
LOCATION:C. Burr Artz Public Library\, 110 E Patrick Street\, Frederick\, MD\, 21701
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SUMMARY:New Anthony Wayne Historic Marker Dedication at Noland’s Ferry
DESCRIPTION:The largest troop movement through western Maryland during the Revolutionary War will be commemorated at an Historic Marker dedication on Thursday\, May 28 at Nolands Ferry on the Potomac River in Frederick County. \nThe marker\, entitled “Anthony Wayne’s Potomac Crossing\,” is a cooperative venture between the Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT) and the Sgt. Lawrence Everhart Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution (SAR). Other partners in the dedication ceremony are the Maryland Two Fifty Commission\, the Maryland Society of the Sons of the American Revolution\, the Frederick County US Semiquincentennial Commission\, and the Frederick and Carrollon Manor Chapters of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR). \nThe dedication ceremony will be held at the Nolands Ferry Picnic Area of the C&O Canal Park\, Tuscarora\, Maryland\, reached via New Design Road about two miles south of MD Route 28. After the ceremony\, MDOT will install the marker in its permanent location at the intersection of MD Route 28 and New Design Road. \nThe Nolands Ferry historic marker will be the second in Frederick County\, and the third in western Maryland\, after previous marker installations at the Bruceville Encampment site in Carroll County\, and at the Monocacy River encampment site in the City of Frederick’s Riverside Park. A fourth marker is planned for a site near the Hessian Barracks in Frederick. \nThe May 28 ceremony will begin at 2:00 p.m. and is free and open to the public. For further information\, contact Michael Moore at 301-676-9562\, or Edward Spannaus at 301-969-8001. \nThe text of the marker is as follows: ANTHONY WAYNE’S POTOMAC CROSSING ON MAY 31\, 1781\, GEN. ANTHONY WAYNE AND AROUND 1\,100 PENNSYLVANIA CONTINENTAL TROOPS\, CROSSED THE POTOMAC RIVER AT NOLAND’S FERRY\, LOSING 4 MEN TO DROWNING\, ON THEIR WAY TO REINFORCE THE MARQUIS DE LAFAYETTE IN VIRGINIA. THEY MET LAFAYETTE’S TROOPS SOUTH OF THE RAPIDAN RIVER NEAR CHARLOTTESVILLE ON JUNE 10TH. FACING LAFAYETTE’S AND WAYNE’S COMBINED FORCES\, BRITISH GENERAL CHARLES CORNWALLIS WITHDREW TO YORKTOWN. HE SURRENDERED OCTOBER 19TH. \n**IF RAINING ON THE DAY OF THE EVENT\, IT WILL BE HELD AT Emmanuel Trinity Lutheran Church\, 4004 Ballenger Creek Pike\, Adamstown. PLEASE CHECK THE SGT. LAWRENCE EVERHART CHAPTER FACEBOOK PAGE AT https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100070816913651 FOR UPDATES.** \n 
URL:https://heartofthecivilwar.org/event/new-anthony-wayne-historic-marker-dedication-at-nolands-ferry/
LOCATION:Nolands Ferry C&O Canal\, Nolands Ferry C&O Canal\, Tuscarora\, MD\, 21790
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SUMMARY:Charles Carroll of Carrollton\, Sons of the American Revolution Speaker Series
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Dr. John George \nOf all the Signers of the Declaration of Independence\, only one was Roman Catholic\, and among the wealthiest men in colonial America. He was Charles Carroll of Carrollton\, Frederick County’s own Signer. \nThis presentation describes Carroll’s Irish roots\, the early Maryland settlement\, his European education\, and his many reasons for supporting Maryland’s independence from British rule. Carroll’s legacy includes contributions to the Bill of Rights\, transportation\, agriculture\, and commerce. Also Included are the interesting roles of his descendants. \nLocation: C. Burr Artz Library\, Programming Room
URL:https://heartofthecivilwar.org/event/sons-of-american-revolution-speaker-series-charles-carroll-of-carrollton/
LOCATION:C. Burr Artz Public Library\, 110 E Patrick Street\, Frederick\, MD\, 21701
CATEGORIES:Ongoing
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SUMMARY:Revolutionary War Historic Marker Dedication
DESCRIPTION:An interpretive marker commemorating the march of Anthony Wayne and a thousand Pennsylvania troops through Frederick County in 1781 will be dedicated at a December 6\, 2025 ceremony in Riverside Park on the Monocacy River. The ceremony is sponsored by the Sgt. Lawrence Everhart Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution\, and is being organized in partnership with the Frederick County U.S. Semiquincentennial Commission. \nWayne and his troops left York Pennsylvania on May 26\, 1781\, and passed though Frederick County on their way to reinforce the troops under Lafayette’s command in Virginia who were attempting to hold back a much larger British invasion force under Cornwallis. When Wayne combined forces with Lafayette\, this changed the course of the war in Virginia; Cornwallis turned back toward the seaboard\, resulting in the American-French victory at Yorktown. \nThe interpretive marker to be dedicated\, entitled “Revolutionary War Encampment\,” has been made possible by a grant from the Heart of the Civil War Heritage Area\, a certified heritage area of the Maryland Heritage Areas Authority.
URL:https://heartofthecivilwar.org/event/revolutionary-war-historic-marker-dedication/
LOCATION:Riverside Park\, 1801 Monocacy Boulevard\, Frederick\, MD\, 21701
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SUMMARY:SAR 250 Speakers Series - "The 1774 Summer of Discontent: How Colonial Governors Unified Patriots for War"
DESCRIPTION:Jim Bish\, Revolutionary War historian\, and President of Culpeper Minutemen Chapter VASSAR\, will reveal the importance of the many local Resolves that were penned in the summer of 1774\, especially in the middle Atlantic States of Maryland and Virginia. The local commitment against the actions of England became paramount in the success of the Revolution. Local residents reacted to the probable abolition of their rights by the British. This democratic action was the first step to declaring independence two years later. In doing so\, the county freeholders and inhabitants bought into the upcoming struggle while producing a purely democratic set of documents which show a united clarity of purpose. Their collective local actions and their statements\, county by county\, have rarely been duplicated\, previously or since. Virginia and Maryland produced the most comprehensive set of resolves compared to anywhere in the colonies leading up to the Revolutionary War. These resolves fortified their commitment to the ever-strengthening common cause of America. During the 1774 summer of discontent\, the Royal Governor’s actions helped to unify Virginians and Marylanders for war\, something that Massachusetts and the other colonies needed in the following years.
URL:https://heartofthecivilwar.org/event/sar-250-speakers-series-the-1774-summer-of-discontent-how-colonial-governors-unified-patriots-for-war/
LOCATION:Frederick Masonic Lodge\, 6816 Blentlinger Rd\, Frederick\, Maryland\, 21702
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SUMMARY:250th Anniversary Maryland Rifle Companies
DESCRIPTION:The Sgt. Lawrence Everhart Chapter\, SAR\, and the Frederick and Carrollton Manor Chapters\, DAR\, invite you to the commemoration of the 250th Anniversary of the organization of the Maryland Rifle Companies which took place in Fredericktown on 21 June 1775. This event is being organized in partnership with the Frederick County U.S. Semiquincentennial Commission. \nOn 14 June 1775\, at the same time that the Second Continental Congress named George Washington as Commander-in-Chief of the new Continental Army\, it directed that ten companies of riflemen be raised in the frontier regions of Pennsylvania\, Maryland\, and Virginia. Accordingly\, the United States Army considers June 14\, 1775 as its birthdate. \nMaryland was assigned the responsibility of raising two rifle companies\, and its delegates assigned this task to the Frederick County Committee of Observation. At a meeting at the County Courthouse in Fredericktown on 21 June\, chaired by John Hanson\, the Committee of Observation created the two companies and appointed their officers. \nRecall that in 1775\, Frederick County encompassed all of western Maryland\, including present-day Montgomery County\, part of Carroll County\, and Washington\, Allegheny\, and Garrett Counties to the west. Organizations from those areas are invited to participate in this event. \nThe two Maryland Rifle Companies were commanded by Captain Michael Cresap (son of Thomas Cresap)\, and Captain Thomas Price. \nAfter the creation of the Rifle Companies on June 21\, the next few weeks were spent in furnishing the riflemen with rifles and other equipment. On July 18\, the two Maryland companies\, consisting of about 130 men\, set off for Massachusetts on foot\, marching 550 miles in 22 days! No Continental uniforms here: they wore hunting shirts\, often with fringes\, round hats\, leather leggings\, and many had their faces painted\, Indian style. Along the way they often gave demonstrations of their superb marksmanship. \nIn August 1775\, with the arrival of Maryland\, Virginia\, and Pennsylvania Rifle Companies in Massachusetts\, the revolutionary Army became truly Continental. They joined in the siege of Boston under the command of General Washington. The siege ultimately led to the evacuation of the British forces from Boston\, never to return. \nFrederick Countians and all western Marylanders can justly take pride in our contribution to creating the Continental Army which\, over the following eight years\, won our independence and created a new\, sovereign Nation.
URL:https://heartofthecivilwar.org/event/250th-anniversary-maryland-rifle-companies/
LOCATION:City Hall Park\, 101 North Court Street\, Frederick\, MD\, 21701\, United States
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