BGuthrie Photos: MD -- Dundalk -- Battle Acre Park

MD -- Dundalk -- Battle Acre Park:

Bruce Guthrie Photos Home Page: [Click here] to go to Bruce Guthrie Photos home page.

Recognize anyone? If you recognize specific folks (or other stuff) and I haven't labeled them, please identify them for the world. Click the little pencil icon

underneath the file name (just above the picture). Spammers need not apply.

Slide Show: Want to see the pictures as a slide show? [Slideshow]

Copyrights: All pictures were taken by amateur photographer Bruce Guthrie (me!) who retains copyright on them. Free for non-commercial use with attribution. See the [Creative Commons] definition of what this means. "Photos (c) Bruce Guthrie" is fine for attribution. (Commercial use folks including AI scrapers can of course contact me.) Feel free to use in publications and pages with attribution but you don't have permission to sell the photos themselves. A free copy of any printed publication using any photographs is requested. Descriptive text, if any, is from a mixture of sources, quite frequently from signs at the location or from official web sites; copyrights, if any, are retained by their original owners.

Help? The Medium (Email) links are for screen viewing and emailing. You'll want bigger sizes for printing. [Click here for additional help]

[1] BACRE_150904_01_STITCH.JPG

Medium (Email) (Bigger?)

[2] BACRE_150904_02.JPG Medium (Email) (Bigger?)	[3] BACRE_150904_05.JPG Medium (Email) (Bigger?)	[4] BACRE_150904_07.JPG Medium (Email) (Bigger?)	[5] BACRE_150904_09.JPG Medium (Email) (Bigger?)
[6] BACRE_150904_15.JPG Medium (Email) (Bigger?)	[7] BACRE_150904_17.JPG Medium (Email) (Bigger?)	[8] BACRE_150904_21.JPG Medium (Email) (Bigger?)	[9] BACRE_150904_23.JPG Medium (Email) (Bigger?)
[10] BACRE_150904_29.JPG Medium (Email) (Bigger?)	[11] BACRE_150904_32.JPG Medium (Email) (Bigger?)	[12] BACRE_150904_34.JPG Medium (Email) (Bigger?)	[13] BACRE_150904_36.JPG Medium (Email) (Bigger?)
[14] BACRE_150904_39.JPG Medium (Email) (Bigger?)	[15] BACRE_150904_42.JPG Medium (Email) (Bigger?)	[16] BACRE_150904_44.JPG Medium (Email) (Bigger?)	[17] BACRE_150904_48.JPG Medium (Email) (Bigger?)

Specific picture descriptions: Photos above with "i" icons next to the bracketed sequence numbers (e.g. "[1] ") are described as follows:
1. BACRE_150904_07.JPG: Battle Acre September 12, 1814 Here General Stricker's City Brigade inflicted severe losses upon the main body of the British Army. This spirited defense together with that of Fort McHenry the next night saved Baltimore.
2. BACRE_150904_15.JPG: At Patapsco Neck Star-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail -- War of 1812 -- The narrow land shaped by Bear Creek, Bread and Cheese Creek, and Back River was the site of the Battle of North Point, September 12, 1814. Some 3,200 Americans clashed with 4,500 British to delay the advance on Baltimore. When Britain threatened Baltimore a year earlier, Bear Creek was considered a potential landing spot. More than 400 militiamen were positioned at Camp Eagleston where Bear Creek joins the Patapsco. Life Line-The British used Bear Creek to provide the army with communication and support. After the battle, many of the wounded were transported in small boats down Bear Creek to troopships anchored at North Point. "Brigadier General (John) Stricker took a good position at the junction of the two roads leading from this place to North Point, having his right flanked by Bear Creek and his left by a marsh. He here awaited the approach of the Enemy" -- Major General Samuel Smith to acting Secretary of War James Monroe, September 19, 1814. In this view of the Battle of North Point, Back River is in the foreground, Bear Creek is upper left, and Bread and Cheese Creek is on the right. Life Line: The British used Bear Creek to provide the army with communication and support. After the battle, many of the wounded were transported in small boats down Bear Creek to troopships anchored at North Point.
3. BACRE_150904_17.JPG: Defenders Honored Star-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail -- War of 1812 -- The excitement was palpable as crowds gathered here September 12, 1839, to mark the 25th anniversary of the Battle of North Point. Officials laid the cornerstone for a memorial to the citizens-soldiers who defended Baltimore against British attack in 1814. Dr. Jacob Houck conveyed this site to Maryland "for…erecting a monument thereon." Known as Battle Acre, it was Baltimore County's first public park. Advance Fire-from their position at a log house, the Baltimore Yagers riflemen fired on advancing British troops September 12, 1814. The house, which burned during the ensuing battle, was the approximate location of today's Battle Acre Park. "Twenty-five years have changed everything, except the undying… spirit which makes us feel that if our country is worth loving, it is worth defending." -- Captain Benjamin C. Howard, keynote speaker, September 12, 1839. The original Star-Spangled Banner was spread across the stage at the 1839 event. British troops (in red) engage the American defenders in the Battle of North Point.
4. BACRE_150904_44.JPG: Home of the Brave Dedicated September 11, 2014 to Our Citizen Soldiers ... Painted by Marshall Adams
Multi Column: Number of columns of thumbnails to appear per page (normally defaults to 3): [1 col] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]
Description of Subject Matter: Battle Acre Park
3115 Old North Point Road

Battle Acre Park is a 1-acre site dedicated in 1839 to commemorate those who fought in the Battle of North Point on September 12, 1814. Regiments of the Maryland militia engaged in battles with the British Army at the same time Fort McHenry was defending the Baltimore Harbor from the the British Navy. The success of the Maryland militia forced the British to withdraw from the Chesapeake Region for the remainder of the War of 1812.

On September 14,1914, one hundred years after the battle, the National Star Spangled Banner Commission erected a monument topped with a memorial cannon, honoring those who fought in the Battle of North Point.
The above was from http://www.baltimorecountymd.gov/Agencies/recreation/countyparks/historicsites.html
Bigger photos? To save server space, the full-sized versions of these images have either not been loaded to the server or have been removed from the server. (Only some pages are loaded with full-sized images and those usually get removed after three months.) I still have them though. If you want me to email them to you, please send an email to guthrie.bruce@gmail.com and I can email them to you, or, depending on the number of images, just repost the page again will the full-sized images.
Directly Related Pages: Other pages with content (MD -- Dundalk -- Battle Acre Park) directly related to this one: [Display ALL photos on one page]:
- 2014_MD_Battle_Acre: MD -- Dundalk -- Battle Acre Park (26 photos from 2014)
Same Subject: Click on this link to see coverage of items having the same subject: [Park (Local)] [War of 1812] [Display ALL War of 1812 photos]
2015 photos: I retired from the US Census Bureau in god-forsaken Suitland, Maryland on my 58th birthday in May. Yee ha! Trips this year: a quick trip to Florida. two Civil War Trust conferences (Raleigh, NC and Richmond, VA), and my 10th consecutive San Diego Comic-Con trip (including Los Angeles). Ego Strokes: Carolyn Cerbin used a Kevin Costner photo in her USA Today article. Miss DC pictures were used a few times in the Washington Post. Equipment this year: I mostly used my Fuji XS-1 camera but, depending on the event, I also used a Nikon D7000. Number of photos taken this year: just over 550,000.
Connection Not Secure messages? Those warnings you get from your browser about this site not having secure connections worry some people. This means this site does not have SSL installed (the link is http:, not https:). That's bad if you're entering credit card numbers, passwords, or other personal information. But this site doesn't collect any personal information so SSL is not necessary. Life's good!
Limiting Text: You can turn off all of this text by clicking this link: [Thumbnails Only]
Photo Contact: [Email Bruce Guthrie].