On the 8th Anniversary of the Battle of Baltimore (Defenders Day), the statue of Lady Baltimore is hoisted to the top of the new Battle Monument, the first stone monument and first public war memorial.
This monument, built between 1815 and 1825, is created to commemorate the Baltimore victory over the British when they invaded in 1814. Designed by French émigré Maximilian Godefroy (1765-ca1838), the monument still proudly stands in a square between Baltimore courthouses just a few blocks from the Inner Harbor.
After almost two centuries atop the monument, the Lady Baltimore statue is deteriorating from the weather and pollution. She is moved to the Maryland Center for History and Culture prior to the Bicentennial of the Battle of Baltimore.
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Baltimore City Historical and Architectural Preservation (CHAP)
