1776 - 1814

These Barracks

Mark the course of the struggle

for American Independence

Built in 1777 by the British and Hessian prisoners of the Revolutionary War, here were detained those taken at the Battles of Saratoga, Trenton, and Yorktown, also the French prisoners captured from the frigate “L’Insurgent” by the United States frigate “Constellation” the first capture of the Navy in 1799, also the British prisoners taken in War of 1812 at Bladensburg, and during the attack upon Baltimore at North Point and Fort McHenry, September 12-14, 1814, the gallant defense of which inspiredFrancis Scott Key

to write the American national anthem

“The Star-Spangled Banner”

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Erected by members of

the National Star-Spangled Banner Centennial Pilgrimage

September 14, 1914

Marker can be reached from Clarke Place, on the right when traveling west.

Courtesy hmdb.org

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