TOM FREEMAN/WHITE HOUSE HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION Above: British troops entered an empty White House, reputedly ate the food and drank the wine laid out, and then set the building on fire. Below: Darnall’s Chance – Upper Marlboro. from boats near a circa-1790 plantation house known today as the Mount Calvert Historical and Archaeological Park [1] . The force then made its way deeper into Upper Marlboro, where a cluster of sites have ties to the war. Mattaponi is a home that belonged to Governor Robert Bowie, who assisted in rounding up enemy soldiers looting the area. Academy Hill contains the grave of Dr. William Beanes, an American prisoner of war whose release negotiations brought Francis Scott Key to Baltimore to witness the bombardment of Fort McHenry. (See page 42.) St. Thomas Episcopal Parish (formerly Page’s Chapel) is the supposed burial spot for several British soldiers. Finally, Darnall’s Chance [2] is an 18th-century residence that was home to John 82 MILES TRAVEL TIME UPPER MARLBORO TO WASHINGTON, D.C. +65 miles / 2 hours from D.C. through Brookeville to Frederick ©RALPH ESHELMAN, 2011 2–4 HOURS Star-Spangled Banner Travel Guide | 19
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