Baltimore's Patterson Park Is Site of Defenses

From the March 28, 2014, CBS Baltimore "Dig Underway in Patterson Park To Unearth Fort Citizens Built To Stop The British" by Alex DeMetrick.

Of course, when it comes to the War of 1812, Baltimore's Fort McHenry gets the lion share of publicity, but efforts are underway to unearth another important Baltimore defense.

Two hundred years ago, Baltimore's citizens built fortifications in what is today the city's Patterson Park. There are cannons and plaques marking it, but little more. Maps exist of the earthworks the city built (not the military). Today, only a small part of the earthworks remain below the pagoda

Washington, DC, had been burned just a few weeks earlier and Baltimore's population did not intend to follow suit.

Now, ground-penetrating radar is being used by archaeologists to find more.

However, these defenses were never used as the British Army unexpectedly left Maryland after its commanding general was killed.

--Brock=Perry