. Book of the Royal blue . McCOMAS MONTMENT ARMISTEAD MONDMENT. Commission Resigned at Annapolis, December .3, 17s:l. President of the United States, March 4, 1789. Retired to Mt. Vernon, March +, 1797. Died December 11, 1799. In Monument Square, on Calvert Street,stands the Battle Monument, erected tothe memory of those wht) fell in the defenseof the city against the English at NorthPoint, September 12, 1811. The Committee of \igilance and Safetyof the city of Baltimore, deeply impressedwith the grateful recollections ofthe distinguished gallantry of theirlate fellow citizens who fell fight-i
. Book of the Royal blue . McCOMAS MONTMENT ARMISTEAD MONDMENT. Commission Resigned at Annapolis, December .3, 17s:l. President of the United States, March 4, 1789. Retired to Mt. Vernon, March +, 1797. Died December 11, 1799. In Monument Square, on Calvert Street,stands the Battle Monument, erected tothe memory of those wht) fell in the defenseof the city against the English at NorthPoint, September 12, 1811. The Committee of \igilance and Safetyof the city of Baltimore, deeply impressedwith the grateful recollections ofthe distinguished gallantry of theirlate fellow citizens who fell fight-ing in the defense of their country,unanimously resolved, on March 1,181,5, upon the erection of a monu-ment to perpetuate their memoriesand appointed five of their mem-bers, to carry into effect the reso-lution. The designer of the shaft wasMaximilian Godefroy, and the cor-ner-stone was laid on September12, 181,5, in the presence of a largeconcourse of people. A Federalsalute was fired by a detachmentof artillery. The book
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