Dates Associated with the 250th Anniversary of the in January 14, 2019 Year Date(s) Event Location

1765 March 22 Passage of Stamp Act. A related site is Patuxent Manor, the home of Calvert County political leader Charles Grahame, a vocal critic of the Act (Owings)

1765 September 2 Tax collector hung in effigy (Elkridge) Howard County

1765 August 26 Attack on tax collector Annapolis

1765 November 23 Repudiation Day; Frederick County judges “repudiate” the Stamp Act Frederick

1772 March 28 Cornerstone laid for Maryland State House, the oldest state capitol in Annapolis continuous legislative use in the Unites States

1774 Establishment of Catoctin Iron Furnace at Bloomsbury, supplier of Frederick County shot and ammunition to Colonial forces (Urbana)

1774 May 23 Chestertown Tea Party (“according to tradition”) and Chestertown Kent County Resolves

1774 May 24 Talbot Resolves protest the closing of the Port of and pledge Talbot County support “as friends to liberty” (Easton)

1774 June 11 Hungerford Resolves adopted in support of the Montgomery County (Rockville)

1774 October 19 Burning of the /Annapolis Tea Party Annapolis Year Date(s) Event Location

1775 March 22 Bush Declaration adopted by the Committee of Harford, expressing Harford County support for the Patriot cause

1776 July 17-29 British Landing repulsed at St. George Island St. Mary’s County

1776 August 27 Maryland troops earn the honor as the “Maryland 400” for their heroic sacrifice in covering the retreat of Washington’s Army at the Battle of Brooklyn ()

1776 October 1 Montgomery and Washington Counties are established by the Maryland Montgomery and Frederick Constitutional Convention by dividing the eastern and western portions Counties of Frederick County. Montgomery County is named for General , who was killed in 1775, while Washington County became the nation’s first named in honor of General .

1776 October 28 Maryland troops play a significant role in the , New York

1776 December 20 ’s Henry Fite House serves as site of Second Continental Baltimore Congress (Old Congress Hall) until February 27, 1777

1777 Fort Frederick serves as a prisoner of war camp, with as many as 1,000 captured British and Hessian troops, until 1783 (Big Pool) Washington County

1777 Hessian Barracks houses British and Hessian prisoners of war Frederick County until c. 1783

1777 August 25 Landing of British Troops at Elk Neck (Elkridge) Cecil County Year Date(s) Event Location

1777 October 4 Maryland troops serve with distinction at the , Pennsylvania

1778 June 28 Maryland troops serve in the ,

1779 July 16 Maryland troops serve in the , New York

1779 August 19 Maryland troops serve in the Battle of , New Jersey

1780 August 16 Maryland troops and their Continental Army colleagues are defeated at Camden, South Carolina

1781-1782 Maryland’s serves as President of the , and as President of Congress under the Articles of Confederation

1781 January 30 Maryland ratifies the Articles of Confederation (the last state); Annapolis They are formally signed March 1, 1781

1781 March 8 Lafayette and his troops embark at Elk Neck to capture Benedict Cecil County Arnold (Elkridge)

Virginia and Yorktown Campaigns, 1781-1782

1781 March-April Lafayette’s camp on Spa Creek enroute to Yorktown Annapolis

Year Date(s) Event Location

Virginia and Yorktown Campaigns, 1781-1782 (continued)

1781 April 12 Lafayette and troops embark on overland march to Virginia from Elk Cecil County Neck (Elkridge)

1781 July 17-24 French camp at Bladensburg Prince George’s County

1781 July 24 French camp at Ridgey’s Delight (Baltimore) Baltimore (also returning north August 24, 1782)

1781 July 22-25 French camp at Snowden’s Iron Works (Laurel) enroute to Yorktown Prince George’s County

1781 August 26-30 French camp enroute to Yorktown Cecil County

1781 September 6-7 American and French camps at Elk Neck (Elkridge) enroute to Yorktown Cecil County

1781 September 7-9 American and French camps near Hollingsworth Tavern at Head of Howard County Elk (Elkton) enroute to Yorktown

1781 September 9-10 American and French camps at Roger’s Tavern (Perryville) enroute to Cecil County Yorktown

1781 September 9-10 French bivouac at Lower Ferry (Havre de Grace) enroute to Yorktown Harford County

1781 September 9-10 French camp at Cummings Tavern (Woodlawn) enroute to Yorktown Baltimore County

1781 September 10 French wagon train camp at Darlington enroute to Yorktown Harford County

1781 September 10-11 French camps at Bushtown enroute to Yorktown Harford County (also returning north August 28-28, 1782)

Year Date(s) Event Location

Virginia and Yorktown Campaigns, 1781-1782 (continued)

1781 September 11-12 French camps at White Marsh enroute to Yorktown Baltimore County (also returning north August 24-27, 1782)

1781 September 12-15 American and French camps at Howard’s Woods enroute to Yorktown Baltimore County (also returning north July 24-August 24, 1782)

1781 September 14 French encampment at Port Tobacco enroute to Yorktown Charles County

1781 September 16-17 French camp at Belvoir (Crownsville), enroute to Yorktown Anne Arundel County

1781 September 16-17 American and French camps at Spurriers Tavern (Waterloo) Howard County

1781 September 17-18 French camp at Bolivar/Scotts Plantation, Crownsville (Rockbridge Anne Arundel County Academy), enroute to Yorktown

1781 September 18-31 French camp at Annapolis enroute to Yorktown Annapolis

1782 August Site of French encampment on return from Yorktown (Perryville) Cecil County

1782 August Site of French encampment at Harford Town on return from Yorktown Harford County (Bush)

1782 May 24 Washington College becomes first college to be chartered in the new Kent County nation, and named for benefactor George Washington (Chestertown)

1782 November 30 Battle of Kedges Straits (“Battle of the Barges”) (South Marsh Island Somerset County and Smith Island) Year Date(s) Event Location

1783 November 22 Maryland Society of the Cincinnati members sign their original Annapolis “Institution,” or founding document. General serves as the Maryland Society’s first President General

1783 November 26 Annapolis serves as U. S. capital until August 14, 1784 Annapolis

1783 December 3-23 “General’s Highway,” 1932 DAR project to mark Washington’s route Baltimore from New York to Annapolis (original marker on Broadway Street) (and various locations)

1783 December 23 General George Washington resigns as Commander-in-Chief Annapolis

1784 January 14 Meeting in Annapolis, the U. S. Congress ratifies the Annapolis

Sources: Historic Annapolis; Historic Chestertown; Maryland Department of Natural Resources, Maryland Park Service; Maryland Society Sons of the American Revolution; Maryland Historical Society; Maryland Historical Trust, Historical Marker Program; Maryland Historical Trust, Archeology Program; ; ; National Register of Historic Places, Department of the Interior, National Park Service; United States Department of State

Compiled for the Maryland Society, Sons of the American Revolution James M. Perry, Historian January 14, 2019