Today’s Picture comes from corresponding photographer Brett, who gives us the first picture on MDP that wasn’t taken in Maryland. However, as you can tell, it’s still Maryland themed. The Maryland cookies were captured at the airport in Malindi, on the east coast of Kenya. Maryland cookies are so awesome that each package includes 33 extra cookies for free!
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1 bryanintimonium // Sep 12, 2008 at 7:50 AM
Once again MDDP has ignored an official state holiday in Defender’s Day.
Defenders Day is a Maryland state holiday celebrated on September 12 each year, commemorating the successful defense of the city of Baltimore from an invading British force during the War of 1812.
In 1814, following the burning of Washington, a British force commanded by Admiral Robert Ross landed north of Baltimore and began an advance on the city. He was met almost immediately by a detachment from the Baltimore garrison led by American General John Stricker, commencing the Battle of North Point. The resulting halt of the larger British force allowed Baltimore to organize its defenses against a later attempted naval invasion. It was during this conflict, the Battle of Baltimore, that Fort McHenry was shelled by the British but refused to surrender, and an inspired Maryland lawyer named Francis Scott Key composed the words to what would later become “The Star-Spangled Banner”, the national anthem of the United States.
Commemorations of the day of the victory, centering on Stricker’s stand east of the city, began in the years shortly after the War. During the mid-1800s, Marylanders would informally picnic on the battlefield grounds, but later celebrations involved the entire city of Baltimore, with parades and speeches. The largest celebration was held on the hundred year anniversary in 1914, which included fireworks reenacting of the shelling of Fort McHenry.
The Great Depression of the 1930s curtailed the celebrations somewhat, and they continued to wane in popularity through World War II and the 1960s, when dissatisfaction with martial matters caused by the unpopular Vietnam War were noted. It was not until the 1980s and 1990s that Defenders Day began to be widely celebrated in Maryland once again, mostly through the gaining popularity of reenactors, who brought new life to celebrations at Fort McHenry.
2 Jeff // Sep 12, 2008 at 11:01 AM
Well, I know its Defenders Day and you did write that comment yesterday, so I wouldn’t say that I ignored the fact entirely. I didn’t have a picture ready for Defenders Day and while there are plenty of things to caputre right outside my door, I just haven’t had the time. I hope that I haven’t offended anyone. I would like to clarify that in the course of the life of MDP I am planning on covering all holidays and all facets of the state. This isn’t just a one year project. MDP is a way for me and all my readers to enjoy the state and to leanr something. That is not a short term goal. You could argue that holidays happen every year and so I should post something special every year on every holiday. However, I just don’t have the manpower and the capability of doing that. So, I’d like to ask anyone who visits the site to feel free to post as Bryan has, so that we can all know more. However, rest assured, that no matter how long it takes, I will ferret out all the pictures I need to do justice to the entire state and its history.
3 Jeff // Sep 12, 2008 at 11:03 AM
Also, while I may be doing plenty of justice, I might not do it with proper grammar or with proper spelling. I’m just appologizing in advance for that. I’m only one man.
4 shelly // Sep 12, 2008 at 11:54 AM
5 charlie b // Sep 12, 2008 at 12:01 PM
Maryland Cookies in Kenya. Got to love it! (Almost as funny as hot sauce)
6 shelly // Sep 12, 2008 at 12:46 PM
my post is blank.
wierd.
i tried to golf clap. but apparently the internet was not ready.
7 Jess // Sep 12, 2008 at 12:50 PM
This Defenders Day thing is all well and good, but I personally just want to know more about the Maryland cookies. For example, they clearly come in different varieties, but I can’t make out what those varieties are. Chesapeake Chip? Baltimore Brownie?
Also, when I first read Jeff’s comment I thought he said that we should all feel free to post as Bryan. I was sort of excited to make up some slanderous lies about Maryland history while posing as Bryan, and then I reread and I was sort of disappointed.
8 bryanintimonium // Sep 12, 2008 at 1:02 PM
LOUD NOISES
9 One Year // Feb 3, 2009 at 12:11 AM
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