For monument aficionados:
* Baltimore, home of the first formal monument to George Washington
in the United States - Mount Vernon Place, completed July 4, 1815.
* First city in the United States to raise a monument to Adam -
the first man? (1909)
* First monument to Edgar Allen Poe in the United States -
Westminster Cemetery (Adjacent to the Marshall Law Library of the
University of Maryland Law School) November 17, 1875.
For military history buffs:
* First fort built by the United States Government -
Fort McHenry (1798).
* Birthplace of the Star-Spangled Banner, written by Francis Scott Key,
while held prisoner on a British War Ship during the bombardment of
Fort McHenry (September 12-14, 1814).
Emily Greenberg Mike Miller
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