War of 1812 Commemorative Weekend

Ft. McHenry Fife and Drum Corp

The British capture our hero, John ONeill!

British formation

Setting up the battery

Take that, Brits!

Matilda O'Neill (played by Laurel Yau) telling her story

The British encampment on the Keeper's House grounds

 

Fireworks by the lighthouse!

 

The British once again invaded Havre de Grace! 

May 3, 4 and 5, 2013

It was a great weekend throughout the city and things were busy here at the Lighthouse and Keeper's House!
From cannons firing to concerts and fireworks, the Lighthouse presided over it all.
Perhaps the British will come again next year!

Photos by Helen Cayer

Havre de Grace Heritage Museums' War of 1812 grant completed

Ft. McHenry Fife and Drum Corp

Mayor Wayne Doughtery presenting Jim Dryden and Bethany Baker with a commemorative plaque

Travelling trunk items on display

The War of 1812 grant has come to a close.  A reception held on January 31 at the Maritime Museum honored all of the participants.  The Friends of Concord Point were presented with a lovely plaque by the Mayor.  Thanks to everyone for all of the hard work on the grant!

Aspects of the grant include War of 1812 displays at all of the museums.  There is a town model on display with interpretation at the Visitor's Center and two travelling trunks are available for check-out to use in classrooms and with special groups.

The deliverables will also be a part of the anniversary events on May 3-5, 2013.  Plan to join us in the festivities!

For more information about the trunks, contact us at 410-939-3213!

Volunteer Soup Dinner 2012

Rex Smith and Friends performing

Floyd and Inge Dobson enjoying the performance

Kathy and Ernie Moretti and Nancy and Jim Dryden smiling for the camera

Irene Rice, Beth Fleming and Lilma Huntley enjoying the music

Jean Weir and John Gallagher

Mayor Wayne Doughtery sharing his appreciation of our volunteers

All of our volunteers enjoying their soup!

 

We had a wonderful time at our annual soup dinner on December 18th.  There was a great tunrout and fantastic music by Rex Smith and Friends.  It is always interesting to have all of our volunteers together to share stories from another successful season. 

We are always looking for new volunteers to share in the fun, so join us!

New Mural in Havre de Grace

Photo and more information found here

Have you seen the recently completed mural by Shawn Forton? The Lighthouse and O'Neill cannon are both featured prominently. The mural is located behind the Susquehanna Hose Company's House No.1 off of Juniata Street. What a fantastic way to add art to the city and display some of our local treasures...including Shawn!

Cannon Returned

After more than a year of rehabilitation at the Maryland Conservation Lab, the War of 1812 cannon has been returned to Concord Point!  We are excited to have it back, especially with the burning of Havre de Grace Bicentennial next May 3.  The cannon marks the spot where John O'Neill singlehandedly fired on the British during their attack.  John O'Neill was our first light keeper, in part because of his heroics that day.

Come take your photo with the cannon today! Link to article and video on The Patch here.

1st Place!

The Friends of Concord Point decided to create a float for the Havre de Grace Independence Day Parade this year and we won 1st place in the Sr. Organizational Float category!  Hopefully, some of you saw the parade.  It was lots of fun even if it was hot!

Photo Credit: Leo Heppner

Congratulations to everyone and thank you for all of your hard work!  We will have to start working now to come up with something to top this year's design next year!!

Star Spangled Banner

The version of the  United States flag flown during the War of 1812 is now for sale at the Keeper's House!  This flag had 15 stars and 15 stripes for the first 15 states.  This was the only flag with 15 stripes.  In 1818, Congress decided that from then on the flag would have only 13 stripes for the original colonies.

Fly your own Star Spangled Banner! We are selling 3x5' flags at $20 each.  Get yours today and celebrate the importance of the War of 1812!