Above: Hearing stories from tour guides at North Point State Battlefield – Edgemere . Below: Maryland militia at the Battle of North Point. ©DON TROIANI An annual Defenders’ Day at North Point celebration takes place in the Fort Howard area and features an encampment, flag-raising ceremony, re-enactment and various living-history displays. North Point State Park [2] , located a short distance from the fort, is known for its fishing and flat-water paddling in tidal waters. The park also has a visitor center containing history-themed exhibits. In between Fort Howard and the state park, a simple house known as Todd’s Inheritance [3] served as a horse courier station reporting British movements to American troops. Though torched by the invaders, the house was soon rebuilt on its original foundation. Two traces of the actual North Point battlefield still remain. One is the nine-acre North Point State Battlefield, under development by the Maryland Department of Natural Resources and dotted with wayside markers. The other is Battle Acre Park [4] , which was dedicated in 1839 and added a cannon-topped granite monument during the battle’s centennial celebration. Though often overlooked at the intersection of Old North Point and Old Battle Grove roads, the modest Aquila Randall Obelisk was one of the first Star-Spangled Banner Travel Guide | 39
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