SATURDAY - FEBRUARY 8
Our 350th Anniversary Kick-Off Weekend commences on the 210th anniversary of the "Battle of the Ice Mound", which took place in 1815 off the nearby James and Taylors Islands.
Old Trinity Church will be hosting the Chesapeake Independent Blues and the Fort McHenry Guard, both nationally recognized War of 1812 interpretive organizations from Maryland. "The Blues" and "The Guard" will be visiting our campus to pay honor to the war veterans who are buried on our sacred grounds -- among them, those who fought in the American Revolution and the War of 1812 (including members of the 48th Maryland Regiment).
The day's events will feature:
--A fife & drum military salute
--A three-volley musket salute across Church Creek
--Prayers of Commemoration for American Veterans
--A recreation of Militia actions at the Battle of the Ice Mound
--A special "Star-Spangled Banner" flag program with the public
--The new NPS "Star-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail" mobile visitor center onsite
EVENTS SCHEDULE
10:00 - NPS "Star-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail" mobile visitor center opens to the public
10:30 - Recreated Maryland Militia Morning Formation
11:00 - Fife & Drum Military Salute and Musket Firing Salute
11:30 - Engagement of the Militia at the Battle of the Ice Mound
12:30 - Hands-on public "Star-Spangled Banner" Flag program
01:30 - Commemorative Program Concludes
BATTLE OF THE ICE MOUND
The last known skirmish with the British in the Chesapeake started when HM Schooner Dauntless, sitting offshore in the Bay, sent a tender into the Little Choptank River system to raid local farms and requisition their livestock. Anchoring the tender within 400 yards of James and nearby Taylors Islands, the crew woke on the morning of February 7 to find their ship enclosed in ice. The local militia was gathered by Joseph Fookes Stewart (1777-1839), a private in Captain Thomas Woolford's company of the 48th Maryland Regiment, in order to engage the tender. After carefully making their way across pack ice, the militia commenced firing their muskets. The British quickly surrendered.
Chesapeake Independent Blues – https://www.facebook.com/Friends-of-Americas-Wars-for-Independence-100290131394493/
NPS Fort McHenry Guard –
Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine (U.S. National Park Service)
NPS Star-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail –
Learn About the Park - Star-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail (U.S. National Park Service)
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