ROAD TRIPS: DISCOVER THE STORY OF FREEDOM Douglass is most often associated with his Eastern Shore birthplace, and Frederick Douglass Park on the Tuckahoe is close to the exact site where he lived in a cabin with his grandmother as a child, which serves as a great starting point on the Frederick Douglass Driving Tour. Douglass was sent to Baltimore’s Fells Point when he was just 8 years old, and his life in the city is well chronicled at the Frederick Douglass-Isaac Myers Maritime Park. The park also honors and interprets local African-American maritime history in one of the city’s longest-standing waterfront buildings. Situated at the “Crossroads of Conflict” between the North and the South, and surrounding the nation’s capital, Maryland’s strategic location became a battleground that witnessed much of the war’s most intense fighting. Pictured Clockwise: The John Brown House at The Kennedy Farm National Historic Landmark, Sharpsburg; Antietam National Battlefield Monument, Sharpsburg; Fort McHenry National Monument & Historic Shrine, Baltimore TRACING CIVIL WAR BATTLE LINES soldiers being lost, wounded or listed as missing following September 17, 1862. The Antietam National Battlefield Visitor Center and Pry House Field Hospital Museum host a theater, an observation room and exhibits, while rangers give battlefield talks for a closer look at this ground-shaking event. Two years after the Battle of Antietam, “The Battle that Saved Washington” was fought along the banks of the Monocacy River just south of Frederick. Today, you can see where the battle took place with a stop at Monocacy National Battlefield in Frederick, which has hands-on exhibits for kids and historic buildings that stood witness to the battle, about an hour’s drive west of Baltimore. Maryland Civil War Trails include: The Gettysburg Campaign Trail, detailing both Confederate and Union routes and stops during the summer of 1863 that led up to Infamously known as “The Bloodiest Day in American History,” the Battle of Antietam in Sharpsburg resulted in more than 23,000 Union and Confederate 28 ✥ VISITMARYLAND.ORG | 1-877-333-4455 Local stories, state history and diverse Chesapeake scenery come to life in Maryland Heritage Areas. Read more at www.MarylandHeritageAreas.org . See ad on page 41 PHOTOS: VISIT HAGERSTOWN; VISIT BALTIMORE In southern Washington County, The Kennedy Farm National Historic Landmark marks the site in Maryland where abolitionist John Brown devised an armed slave revolt known as the Raid on Harpers Ferry in 1859. Take a drive to the very farm and headquarters where John Brown planned the revolt. the Battle of Gettysburg, the Baltimore Area Civil War Trail and the Baltimore Riot Walking Tour. Start at the Baltimore Civil War Museum, which is just a short distance from Fort McHenry, or the site of Baltimore’s defense during the conclusion of the War of 1812—and the place where Francis Scott Key penned his “Star-Spangled Banner” that would later become the country’s national anthem. ✥ Some of the most decisive battles of the Civil War were fought on Maryland’s soil. Take a tour across five unique Civil War Trails and historic sites throughout the state.
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