• the world's only memorial to war correspondents is located in Maryland's Gathland State Park?

Facts on topics related to Gathland State Park

Fort McHenry

• British admiral Alexander Cochrane was responsible for the bombing of Fort McHenry which resulted in the authorship of the American national anthem "The Star-Spangled Banner"?
• George P. Kane, Marshall of Police in Baltimore, Maryland, was imprisoned in Fort McHenry along with Mayor George William Brown and pro-South members of the city council by the Northern Army during the American Civil War?

Hampton National Historic Site

• Eliza Ridgely of Baltimore and Hampton is Thomas Sully's Lady with a Harp (pictured)?
• the largest private home in the U.S. in 1790, Hampton Mansion (pictured), was occupied by the same family until 1948 and is the first national historic site selected by the U.S. National Park Service for architectural significance?