BLADENSBURG

blāˈdənzbûrg, town (1990 pop. 8,064), Prince Georges co., S central Md., a residential suburb of Washington, D.C.; chartered 1742, inc. 1854. The defeat (Aug. 24, 1814) at Bladensburg of American troops under Gen. W. H. Winder permitted the British under Gen. Robert Ross to march on Washington, D.C., and burn many of the public buildings. The town was also the scene of a historic duel in which Stephen Decatur was mortally wounded (1820) by James Barron.

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books on: Bladensburg  - 260 results

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Washington, City and Capital: Federal Writers' Project, Works Progress Administration ... Washington, 1937
Book; U. S. Government Printing Office, 1937
Subjects: Washington (D.C.)--Description And Travel--Guide-Books, Washington (D.C.)--History, Washington (D.C.)--Intellectual Life, Washington (D.C.)--Suburbs
BLADENSBURG TOUR Washington to Greenbelt and return, including battleground at Bladensburg, the old duelling ground, and historic houses...Street to the Washington-Baltimore Highway to Bladensburg, then over U. S. 50 and U. S. 1. The...
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The War of 1812
Book by Francis F. Beirne; E.P. Dutton, 1949
Subjects: United States--History--War Of 1812
...divide his army, basing half of it on Bladensburg and the other half on the bridges...three roads leading respectively to Bladensburg, the eastern branch bridges and the...General Tobias Stansbury, was arriving in Bladensburg. It occurred to Winder that this would...
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James Madison: Builder: A New Estimate of a Memorable Career
Book by Abbot Emerson Smith; Wilson-Erickson, 1937
Subjects: Madison, James--1751-1836
...utterly neglected the critical point of Bladensburg. Early next morning Madison received...come that the British were marching to Bladensburg, and the ubiquitous Monroe had gone...the American militia were racing to Bladensburg on opposite sides of the Eastern Branch...
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Memoirs of the Life of William Wirt: Attorney General of the United States - Vol. 1
Book by John P. Kennedy; Blanchard and Lea, 1849
Subjects: Wirt, William--1772-1834
...brother Jasper Wirt, had settled in Bladensburg, in Maryland, some years before the...had gathered some little property in Bladensburg, and supported his family there chiefly...Henrietta "one half lot of ground in Bladensburg, No. 5, on which the billiard room...
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Poltroons and Patriots: A Popular Account of the War of 1812 - Vol. 2
Book by Glenn Tucker; Bobbs-Merrill, 1954
Subjects: United States--History--War Of 1812
...to be fought, it would be fought at Bladensburg. On August 22 Monroe notified Serurier...Washington depended on an engagement at Bladensburg. Serurier to Talleyrand, August 22...without a commander. Winder had ridden to Bladensburg to see Stansbury of the Baltimore militia...
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journal articles on: Bladensburg  - 14 results

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"No Fetters but Such as Love Shall Forge": Elizabeth and William Wirt and Marriage in the Early Republic
Journal article by Anya Jabour; The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 104, 1996
Subjects: Correspondence, Culture, History, Marriage, Wirt, Elizabeth, Wirt, William
...be enhanced. William Wirt was born on 8 November 1772 in Bladensburg, Maryland, the youngest of three sons and three daughters...along with a half lot with a new house, a brick store in Bladensburg, and two lots in Hamburg near Georgetown, to Henrietta...
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Women at War: the Civil War Diaries of Floride Clemson and Cornelia Peake Mcdonald
Journal article by Clara Juncker; Southern Quarterly, Vol. 42, 2004
Subjects: American Civil War, Autobiographies, Clemson, Floride, Diaries, Literary criticism, McDonald, Cornelia Peake, Women
...1853. At this roughly 100-acre property about a mile from Bladensburg, Prince Georges County, Thomas Clemson imported Belgian...She includes in the first section of the diary, written at Bladensburg, her measurements, from her 23- or 24-inch waist to...
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THROUGH WHITE EYES: THE 154th NEW YORK VOLUNTEERS AND AFRICAN-AMERICANS IN THE CIVIL WAR
Journal article by Mark H. Dunkelman; The Journal of Negro History, Vol. 85, 2000
Subjects: African Americans--History, Race relations--History, Slavery--Social aspects, United States history--Civil War, 1861-1865
...Augmented by convalescents and exchanged prisoners, approximately 350 of them were mustered out of the service in June 1865 at Bladensburg, Maryland, and returned by train to their western New York homes. 1 Most of the men of the 154th New York were of Anglo...
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Marriage, Money, and Sex: Dr. Hamilton Finds a Wife
Journal article by Elaine G. Breslaw; Journal of Social History, Vol. 36, 2003
Subjects: Husband and wife--History, Marriage--Economic aspects, Marriage--History, Marriage--Social aspects
...courtship was not fine. We hear no more of his calling on young Betty who eventually married Charles Lowndes, a merchant in Bladensburg and a more acceptable financial prospect than a struggling doctor. (48) The extreme wealth that Hamilton sought just was...
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Annual Report for 2004
Journal article by Charles F. Bryan Jr.; The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 113, 2005
...negotiations of George Henry Rose of Great Britain concerning reparations for the Chesapeake-Leopard Affair; and a duel fought in Bladensburg, Md., by George Washington Campbell and Barent Gardiner (the first recorded duel between members of Congress). Gift...
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Royal Neptune's Fury: Britain's Invasion of the United States and the Burning of Washington
Magazine article by Blaine Taylor; Sea Classics, Vol. 43, January 2010
...small Prince Georges County town called Bladensburg on the Anacostia River just outside...Maryland Militiamen bivouacked overnight at Bladensburg on the west side ofthe Potomac River...Mellwood, Ross decided to head for Bladensburg because that was not only where the...
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The Capture and Burning of Washington
Magazine article by Blaine Taylor; Sea Classics, Vol. 43, February 2010
...horses trotted down Maryland Avenue from Bladensburg. Todays motorist can still ride into...dinner of the winners of the Battle of Bladensburg. Now it was, but not as originally...mens earlier valiant performance at Bladensburg. With the sky blood-red and bright...
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By the Rockets' Red Glare: the Siege of Fort Mchenry
Magazine article by Blaine Taylor; Sea Classics, Vol. 42, May 2009
...the United States at the Battle of Bladensburg on 24 August that led the Redcoats to mock it as "the Bladensburg races" because the men ran away so...determined not to run away as had those at Bladensburg earlier because they were defending...
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Letters
Magazine article; Black Issues in Higher Education, Vol. 19, October 10, 2002
...District is beginning to pay off. Our Bladensburg Project represents a radical departure...cluster of under performing schools in the Bladensburg section of Prince Georges County. Based...say much, but recent SAT scores at Bladensburg High School showed modest gains while...
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Breakfast in Ohio
Magazine article by P.F. Kluge; The Antioch Review, Vol. 62, Spring 2004
Subjects: Breakfasts--Appreciation, Ohio--Appreciation, Restaurants--Appreciation, University towns--Appreciation
...joy, a communion. Theres a place in Bladensburg, a dozen miles south of campus, that...in the back of a pickup truck. But Bladensburg and Newcastle, good as they can be...Saturday and Sunday mornings, heading to Bladensburg, Newcastle, or Butler, celebrating...
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Bladensburg to Get a New High School Building in 3 Years
Newspaper article by Jabeen Bhatti; The Washington Times, August 1, 2000
Subjects: Curry, Wayne K.
Bladensburg to get a new high school building in 3 years by Jabeen Bhatti Crumbling Bladensburg High School is going to be replaced, rather...children." Mr. Curry, who graduated from Bladensburg in 1968, said the current buildings condition...
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Say Goodbye to Bladensburg High
Newspaper article by Jabeen Bhatti; The Washington Times, November 27, 2001
Subjects: Curry, Wayne K.
Say goodbye to Bladensburg High by Jabeen Bhatti Byline: Jabeen...More than three decades ago, one Bladensburg teen-ager mercilessly teased another...many in the crowd, which included Bladensburg Mayor David Harrington and Bladensburg...
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3 Charged in Fatal Bladensburg Robbery
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, May 23, 2002
3 charged in fatal Bladensburg robbery Byline: H.J. Brier...fatal armed robbery last month at a Bladensburg convenience store. Two teen-agers...and presents it to a grand jury. Bladensburg Mayor David Harrington, who spoke...
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New York Ave. Plans Include 2 New Hotels; Travelodge at Bladensburg Rd. to Be Razed, Replaced Twofold
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, September 15, 2006
Subjects: Holiday Inns Inc.--Planning, Hotels and motels--Planning, Hotels and motels--United States
...Include 2 New Hotels; Travelodge at Bladensburg Rd. to Be Razed, Replaced Twofold...Travelodge hotel at New York Avenue and Bladensburg Road Northeast is scheduled to be razed...plans to sell by February. Just across Bladensburg Road from the Travelodge, Abdo Development...
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Anacostia Making Way on Long Return to Health; River Champions Point to Problems, Promise
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, June 2, 2005
...SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES From Bladensburg Waterfront Park - at the port where...will to clean up the river." * * * At Bladensburg, we are at the "head of tide," the...About half a mile downstream from Bladensburg, near the mouth of Dueling Creek...
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encyclopedia articles on: Bladensburg  - 7 results

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Bladensburg
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
BLADENSBURG bla d nzburg, town (1990 pop. 8,064), Prince Georges co., S...chartered 1742, inc. 1854. The defeat (Aug. 24, 1814) at Bladensburg of American troops under Gen. W. H. Winder permitted the British...
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Wirt, William
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
WIRT, WILLIAM wurt, 1772 1834, U.S. Attorney General and author, b. Bladensburg, Md. He had little formal schooling but was admitted to the Virginia bar in 1792. His first book was an anonymous collection...
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Pinkney, William
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...between the two countries. He was U.S. Attorney General (1811 14) and fought in the War of 1812, being wounded at Bladensburg (1814). After serving as a U.S. Congressman (1815 16), he was minister to Russia (1816 18). After his return...
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Decatur, Stephen
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...disgraced James Barron led to bitter words. Barron challenged him, and in the ensuing duel Decatur was mortally wounded at Bladensburg, Md., on Mar. 22, 1820. Known for his reckless bravery and stubborn patriotism, he is also remembered for the toast...
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War of 1812
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Macdonough , he was forced to retreat to Canada. In August, a British expedition to Chesapeake Bay won an easy victory at Bladensburg and took Washington, burning the Capitol and the White House. The victorious British, however, were halted at Fort McHenry...
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