PHOTOS: A Virtual Trip Around the 1812 Walking Tour
A brief overview of the 10 stops on the U.S. Naval Academy's new tour.
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The U.S. Naval Academy unveiled its self-guided 1812 Walking Tour on Friday that takes people around its campus and downtown Annapolis.
With temperatures nearing the triple digits, it may be too hot to go tromping around outside. So, Annapolis Patch has brought the tour to the comfort of your air-conditioned living room.
There are 10 stops of historical significance to the War of 1812, which are marked in the real life tour by special signs. The self-guided tour will be available through October 2014.
The 10 official stops are:
- Mahan Hall
- HMS Macedonian Monument
- United States Naval Academy Museum
- Joseph Nicholson Home & Bandstand
- HMS Confiance Cannon at Macdonough Hall
- Chase-Lloyd House
- St. John's College
- St. Anne's Church
- Maryland State House
- Historic Annapolis Foundation
Bonus stops recommended for the adventurous:
Six known veterans of the war of 1812 are buried in St. Anne's Cemetery located at the western end of Northwest Street.
Sally Spangler
3:26 pm on Monday, May 20, 2013
I have two relatives whose sons became officers in the US Navy and and in 1861, resigned their commissions to become officers in the Confederate Navy. In the past 10 or so years, I have spent many hours collecting and putting in date order there service to their country, Federal and Confederate. The first man was Arthur Sinclair who arrived in Virginia in 1745, leaving the Revolt of the Scotsmen to find aa new life in this country. He was about 38 years old when he arrived and died and buried in Norfolk, VA. His grave site holds many of the family and the in-laws. I have many sites and citations for Arthur the immigrant.