Baltimore's Defenders' Day-- Part 3: "The Monumental City"

Over the yeaars there were additional fatalities due to the firing of actual musket balls in the re-enactments.  In the years leading up to the Civil War, Baltimore newspapers would have a lot of advertisements for "now available --  blank ammunition."

  In 1857, statues to the two privates credited with killing British General Robert Ross were dedicated.  Many monument, in fact, to the War of 1812 caused Baltimore to get the nickname "The Monumental City."

The designation "The Monumental City" is attributed to the U.S. 6th president John Quincy Adams in 1827 during a civic toast at a banquet.

Of course, now Baltimore must hand its head in shame as it has removed some of its monuments due to political correctness and the current Confederate-hatred thing.

Shame On baltimore.  --Brock-Perry