A Tour of Baltimore, Maryland’s Rich History

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Baltimore has a fascinating, under-appreciated history. Discover it with Johns Hopkins, Executive Director of Baltimore Heritage https://baltimoreheritage.org/ Johns gives tours https://baltimoreheritage.org/tours/ and makes weekly videos! https://www.youtube.com/@baltimoreheritage1006 Subscribe for weekly videos like this: https://www.youtube.com/TheDailyConversation/ What we covered: Washington Monument https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_Monument_(Baltimore) John Eager Howard https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Eager_Howard Mount Vernon Place https://mountvernonplace.org/ Marquis de Lafayette https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilbert_du_Motier,_Marquis_de_Lafayette Francis Scott Key https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Scott_Key Maryland in the Civil War https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maryland_in_the_American_Civil_War Garrett Jacobs Mansion https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garrett_Jacobs_Mansion Federal Hill https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Hill,_Baltimore Maryland Federalist (replica ship) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maryland_Federalist Tribes of Maryland as seen by John Smith https://whatsupmag.com/downloads/55821/download/mds-first-born4.jpg?cb=cd519500678aaa279cf85fef4647093d&w=1000 Jamestown, Virginia https://home.nps.gov/jame/learn/historyculture/a-short-history-of-jamestown.htm Maryland Science Center https://www.mdsci.org/ Baltimore World Trade Center https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baltimore_World_Trade_Center USS Constellation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Constellation_(1797) Union artillery on Federal Hill https://www.mdhistory.org/resources/union-artillery-emplacements-on-federal-hill/ National Aquarium https://aqua.org/ American Visionary Art Museum https://www.avam.org/ Domino Sugar Refinery https://www.baltimoremagazine.com/section/businessdevelopment/baltimore-domino-sugar-refinery-celebrates-100-years-on-the-harbor/ Fort McHenry https://www.nps.gov/fomc/index.htm War of 1812 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_1812 Star Spangled Banner | US Army Field Band https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIODUFpatkQ Francis Scott Key Bridge Collapse https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Scott_Key_Bridge_collapse Lexington Market https://lexingtonmarket.com/ Robert & Rosetta sculpture https://www.avenuenews.com/news/local/sculpture-aims-to-capture-the-history-of-slavery/article_a8c21399-6c3f-58e1-8526-67e78335bd48.html City of Brick https://baltimorehistories.substack.com/p/city-of-bricks-bricks-and-early-baltimore Fell's Point https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fell%27s_Point,_Baltimore First Chinese in the U.S. https://asianamericanbooks.com/newsletter/2023may-article2.html Alexander Brown https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Brown_(banker) Frederick Douglass https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Douglass Douglass Myers Maritime Park https://livingclassrooms.org/programs/fdimmp Baltimore's Road Wars https://sobopost.org/2022/12/15/road-wars/ 0:00 George Washington Monument 1:38 Mount Vernon Place 3:41 Maryland in the Civil War 4:31 Garrett Jacobs Mansion (largest in country) 5:26 Federal Hill & the Federalist 6:43 Native Americans and Jamestown 7:08 Maryland Science Center 7:29 Baltimore World Trade Center 7:46 USS Constellation 8:18 Union artillery on Federal Hill 9:35 National Aquarium 10:15 American Visionary Art Museum 10:41 Domino Sugar Refinery 11:27 Fort McHenry, War of 1812, Star Spangled Banner 13:56 Francis Scott Key Bridge Collapse 14:25 Lexington Market 15:54 Street walk 17:30 Slavery at the Market 19:10 Baltimore: City of Brick 19:57 Fell's Point 22:18 First Chinese in the United States 23:43 Alexander Brown (first investment banker) 24:43 Frederick Douglass & Isaac Myers 25:50 Baltimore's 'Road Wars' & Saving Fell's Point