A Patriotic Family Road Trip in Maryland

Fort McHenry

Baltimore, MD

Where "The Star-Spangled Banner" was written during the War of 1812.

Star-Spangled Banner Flag House

Baltimore, MD

The home of Mary Pickersgill, who sewed the giant flag that flew over Fort McHenry in 1814.

Hampton National Historic Site

Towson, MD

A Georgian mansion completed in 1790 and the estate where hundreds of people were enslaved.

Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park

Church Creek, MD

The landscape of Dorchester County where Harriet Tubman was born enslaved and returned again and again to lead others to freedom.

Clara Barton National Historic Site

Glen Echo, MD

The home and headquarters of Clara Barton, Civil War nurse and founder of the American Red Cross.

Maryland State House

Annapolis, MD

The oldest state capitol still in legislative use — and the only one that ever served as the U.S. Capitol, when the Continental Congress met here in 1783-84.

Antietam National Battlefield

Sharpsburg, MD

The bloodiest single day in American history — roughly 22,000 casualties in twelve hours.

Monocacy National Battlefield

Frederick, MD

Site of the July 9, 1864, battle in which outnumbered Union troops delayed a Confederate march on Washington.

USS Constellation

Baltimore, MD

An 1854 sloop-of-war, the last all-sail warship built by the U.S. Navy, which hunted slave ships off Africa.

United States Naval Academy

Annapolis, MD

The Navy's academy on the Severn River since 1845, with John Paul Jones's crypt beneath the chapel and public tours.

B&O Railroad Museum

Baltimore, MD

Housed in the 1884 roundhouse of the Baltimore & Ohio, the first common-carrier railroad in America.