Minnesota, McLeod County, Lester Prairie![]()
Veterans
Memorial
Ray Kirkpatrick
Post #463
"In Honor of All Who Served"
United States Army • United States Navy • United States Marine Corp • United States Merchant Marines • United States Air Force • United States Coast Guard
Ray Kirkpatrick
Army
KIA in France
Argonne Forest Nov. 1918
First Soldier From This Area That
Lost His Life in Combat in WWI
Dedicated 2011
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Lloyd E Groenke Seaman First Class Navy WWII 1945-46 •
Cpl Allen R Kuenzel Army Peace Time 1953-55 •
A1C Eugene Rennells US Air Force Vietnam •
Sgt Gary Jungclaus Air Force Vietnam •
Richard Barfnecht Army France Germany WWII 1941-45 •
Terry R. Barfknecht Army Nat Guard 1967-73 •
E-4 Herbert J Bloom Army 478th Aviation Vietnam 1970-73 •
Clarance Will US Navy WWII •
Edgar Senne US Army WWII •
Cpl Donald E Heuer US Marines Vietnam 1965-68 •
E-5 Troy D Heuer
USN USNR USANG Terrorism 1990-2003 •
SSgt Jerry Jerabek 54th
ARMD Inf Btn Army WWII 1942-45 •
Sp3 Oria Brinkmeier Army Korea 1955-57 •
PFC Larry G Ardolf 14 Arm Cav Germany Army Korea 1954-56 •
Major Chad Wendolek Army 1993 to 2013 plus •
Sgt Noel Guggemos 2nd Bn 48nd Inf Vietnam 1965-67 •
Sp4 Gary Gatz National Guard Vietnam 1967-73 •
Walter John Weise Tech Sgt
OSS Army WWII 1941-45 Germany •
Sgt E-5 Paul Weise 94th Artillery Army Vietnam 1965-68 •
Lowell F Johnson MSgt Air Force Korea 1955-69 •
PO3 Roger M Lepel Navy Vietnam 1961-65 •
SpC4 Darvin Heldt Army 3rd Bn 3rd Div Peace Time 1984-93 •
Sgt Glenard Prehn Marines Korea 1953-57 •
Lt Barry R Kyllo USN - Submarines
USNA - Class of 1982 •
Cpl Henry Schelhaas 7th Div Mil Police Korea 1952-54 •
Sp5 Robert Kruschke Army Vietnam 1966-69 •
Sgt Robert W Green Army Korea
DMZ •
Scott V Christenson Cpl Marines 1985-91 Desert Shield Storm
Post 463 is Honoring the Following Deceased
Veterans from the Donations Received
Willard Adams • Donald Berry • Emil Ernst • Willard Fenske • Donald Hall • Robert Kelly • Lawrence Kutz • Clara Milbrath • Arthur O'Neil • Rell Packer • Robert Pfeifer • Fred Schamburg • Ernst Schubert • Karl T Spellum • Amandus Tonn •
George Amundson • Arnold Birkholz • Howard Ernst • Millard Gow • Joe Halloran • Leonard Kohls • Paul Lange • August Nimz • Delmar Packer • Rell Packer Jr • Arthur Quast • Martin Schamburg • Herman Seefeldt • Theodore Spellum • Samuel Truewe •
Glen Bathen • George Daly • Myron Fenske • John Gennrich • Fred Heneman • Kenneth Kulhmann • Curtis R Lind • Otto Norenberg • John Packer • Wayne Packer • Paul Richter • A Schmidt • Herman Seeman • John Stacy • David Warren •
Arthur Bettcher • Ferdinand Emme • Vernan Fenske • Carl Gilster • Clarence Hultgren • Fred W Kuenzel • Dennis Menth • Phil Olson • Mirriam Packer • Christian Pfeifer • William Ristow • Theodore Schmidt • Henry Slanga • Wilfred Thiel • Howard Weiner
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Lt Co David G Weise MN NG Army Ranger AB Vietnam 1956-88 •
Henry Hoof Army WWI •
PFC Harold J Hoof Army Infantry WWII Italy •
SSG Larry C Hoof Air Force Vietnam •
SPC Donald R Hoof Reserve 32nd
ICC Vietnam 1967-73 •
Donald Briesemeister M Sgt Army National Guard Korea 1950-56 •
Gary J Breidenbach Sp4 Army Vietnam
BSM Am
ARCON •
Cpl Stanley R Ernst Army WWII 1944-48 •
Cpl Harold Lemke Army 593 Engr Co C WWII South Pacific •
Sgt E5 Leon V Krone Army Co C 4th Inf Div Vietnam 1965-67 •
Sgt Harold E Latzig Army 244 Ord Bep Co Korea 1954-52 •
Carl Klaustermeier Army - Germany Korea 1954-56 •
Ralph Prehn Army Vietnam 1965-67 •
Pvt Jerry Koerschen Army WWI 1918-19
WIA •
PFC Henry A Ristow Army WWII •
August F Ristow Army WWII 1942-46 •
Pvt Edwin A Ristow Army Germany
POW 26 MO WWII 1941-45 •
Cpl Ervin A S Hoof Marines Korea 1951-52 •
PFC Hilbert Hoof Army
USAH 5025 SU Korea 1953-61 •
Sp E-5 Orlin E C Hoof Army Vietnam 1959-64 •
EN3 Kerry Wuetherich Navy
USS Recovery Vietnam •
Henry Schmidt Army WWI France •
Roland J F Schmidt Amm3C Navy Korea •
Kenneth Schmidt HM3 Navy Korea •
Erland O Raduenz Army Vietnam 1964-66 •
Earl William Emich Navy WWII •
Chester Hoernemann
MSG US Army Retired
ARNG-USAR 1957-99 •
Cpl Mark Detlefsen Marine Corps 3rd
MAW Peacetime 1972-74 •
Pvt Harold Birkholz Army Med Dept WWII •
PFC Melvin Birkholz Army Korea
KIA •
Cpl George Birkholz Army Korea •
SFC Leroy H Birkholz Army Korea 1953-61 •
E5 Louis T Rolf Army Korea 1952-54 •
Albert Bahr Army WWII •
PFC Emmert Gebhardt Army Korea •
Reuben William Roos Army Korea •
SpF4 Ortwin J Heldt Army Korea 1951-55 •
PFC Roy J Landin Army Air Corps WWII •
Elmer E Dierfeldt Army WWII 1943-45 •
David A Schwarze Lt Col Air Force Leb-Guf 1988-2010 •
Royal Ray Sheppard Dr Army WWI 1917-19 •
Clarence G Schwartz Cpl Army WWII 1942-45 •
Raymond C Schwartz BT2 Navy Vietnam 1966-70 •
Leslie F Schwartz Sgt Army Field Arty Peacetime 1980-84 •
Clifford Gueningsman Army Korea 1953-55 •
Jonathan Gueningsman Army Res 367 EnBn Iraq-Kuwait 2006-14 •
PFC August J Voss Army WWII 1941-43 •
CPO Richard G Voss Navy Seabees 24 Yrs
MCB25-MCB1 1961-95 •
Sgt Roger V Voss Air Force Vietnam 1974-78 •
SFC Tom Voss
WIA Army 5th
SFCA Iraq Bronze Star 1995-09 •
SRA Gary L Starkson Air Force Peacetime 1977-81 •
CPO Jesse B Almquist Navy 1944-65 WWII Korea Vietnam
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SFC Edward L Mlynar Army HQ Co 578 Engr 40 Div Korea 1950-53 •
Cpl Willard Parpart Army Korea 1953-55 •
Sgt Hillard C Staple
AAF 405th Sig Co WWII 1942-46 •
SSgt James A Thiel Air Force Vietnam 1967-70 •
Edward G Ekdahl AX1 Naval Air VP816 Vietnam •
Arvin W Birkholz Cpl Army Peacetime •
Sgt Ronald Stibal National Guard Peacetime 1956-64 •
Hilard Klaustermeier Cpl Army 129 Inf Reg 2nd Div Korea 1953-55 •
John Klaustermeier
SFC Army Infantry Iraq 2005-08++ •
Sgt Reuben Schmalz Army India Burma China WWII 1941-46 •
ASM2 Charles Ernst Navy
USS Ranger Persian Gulf 1985-89 •
ADR2 Paul Trebil Navy Vietnam War •
SN-3 Barry C Trebil Boswain Mate Navy Peacetime •
Major Deroyce Monroe MN National Guard Vietnam 1956-76 •
LtC Micheal Monroe Army Special Services Persian Gulf 1989-11 •
Cpl Murl A Kletscher Army Korea •
Cpl Clarence Ehrke Army Air Force Korea 1953-54 •
PFC Roland B Rolf National Guard Korea 1953-60 •
Sp5 Devan Stoltenow Army 538th Engr Bn Thailand 1965-67 •
William G McGowan Navy Korea •
Sgt Melvin B Ostlie Army Co H 291st Inf WWII 1942-45 •
Sp4 Donald R Litzau Army Vietnam 1966-68 •
Vernon Briesemeister PFC Air Force WWII 1944-46 •
Lloyd Weisenburger US Marine Corps Korea 1953-56 •
Cpl Ivan H Lampher Army 5th Army Co Korea 1951-1953 •
Theodore H Banke Reservist Oakland CA Vietnam 1964-70 •
Arthur B Kolbe Army WWI •
Elizabeth Kolbe Army Nurse WWI •
Elmer Hoernemann Army 42 Rainbow Div WWII Purple Heart •
Fred C Baumann Army WWI •
Lt Leslie P Baumann Army Air Corp Nav WWII •
Sp5 Gary P Baumann Army Signal Corp Vietnam •
Verndale F Selchow Airman First Class Korea 1952-56 •
Wayne H Selchow Sp/4 Army Korea 1957-59 •
G "Jake" Bandermer Nat. Guard Peacetime 1957-62 •
PFC Ben Lewandowski Army Korea •
Cpl Dennis Kuenzel Army Korea 1951-53 •
Sgt Orville Foust Army Arty HQ Korea 1952-54 •
Sgt Roger Krienke Air Force Vietnam 1966-70 •
Melvin H Kroells Army WWII •
Robert Warzyiak Army Korea •
SSgt Junior Ostlie Air Force Korea 1952-56 •
1st Sgt Joel Ostlie Army Retired Panama-Gulf 1982-06 •
SpC5 Dwaine Zebell Army Co E 682 En Bn Vietnam •
PFC Roland Zuehl Army WWII •
Anthony M Radtke Sr Pvt Army Infantry WWI •
Quintin J Radtke Army WWII •
Raymond B Radtke Army WWII •
Sgt Francis A Radtke Army Air Force WWII South Pacific •
Anthony A Radtke National Guard Engr Peacetime 1953-61 •
Norman F Stender Cox Navy WWII 1945-46 •
Rollin Fenske Army WWII
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Sgt Roland Birkholz "Sonny" Air Force WWII •
Orval Birkholz "Bud" Navy WWII •
Byron G Workmann SSgt Air Force WWII 1942-45 •
2-GM Gilbert E Rolf
USS Indianapolis Navy WWII 1942-45 •
Cpt Dr John Klobe Air Force Peacetime 1956-58 •
Roland Bruckschen Cpl Army Korea 1953-55 •
Sgt Lewis J Heigl Reservist Korea 1954-60 •
Jonathan D Schwartz National Guard Iraq 2005-06 •
Norman Venske 74th Combat Engr Army Korea •
Earl Machemehl 74th Combat Engr Army Korea •
Ralph Machemehl Sp4 Army 1956-63 •
BM3 Fred Holasek Jr Navy Korea 1948-52 •
Alvin Emil Kappes Army Korea •
Don W Splettstazer US Marine Corps WWII •
Lloyd W B Larson Navy Aviation Cadet WWII 1945-47 •
Earl H Dibb Jr 3rd Class Navy CB WWII 1944-46 •
Douglass W Dibb US Army WWII 1946-47 •
Sgt David D Dibb Air Force Vietnam 1967-72 •
A1C Dean A Dibb Air Force Vietnam 1975-76 •
SSgt Lyle D Dibb Army 1/10 Cav Vietnam 1965-70 •
SPC Kraig W Dibb Nat Guard Army Vietnam 1963-73 •
SFC Keith W Dibb Navy-Army Vietnam-Desert Storm •
PFC Norwin T Thiel Army WWII •
Alvin Albert Lueck Army WWII •
Sgt Larry D Kutz Army Vietnam •
Sgt Nicholas Fiecke Army National Guard Iraq Freedom •
Ronald Baumann Sp5 Army Vietnam 1970-76 •
Sgt Charles Parpart Army National Guard Iraq Freedom •
T/4 Vernon Parpart Army WWII 1942-45 •
Paul Parpart Army WWI France •
SP5 John C Parpart Army Vietnam 1966-70 •
PFC Melvin Burandt Army Vietnam 1958-61 •
Timothy E Burandt Navy Lebanon 1984-04 •
Torrance E Burandt Sgt Army Old Guard Wash DC 1991-98 •
PFC Larry D Burandt Army Inf Peacetime 1957-59 •
Sgt Wes W Lampher Army 249th Spec Ser Europe 1957-59 •
SSgt David H Karels Air Force Vietnam 1969-73 •
Sgt Edward B Lester Army
RCN 744 WWII 1942-45 •
Melvin F Artmann Sp3 Army Peacetime 1953-55 •
Arnold Klaustermeier Army Cook WWI 1918-19 •
Victor Klaustermeier Cpl Army Korea 1951-53 •
Allen Klaustermeier Navy Const Seabee's Vietnam 1970-72 •
Jacob Klaustermeier Sgt Army Afghanistan 2003-04 •
Mark Klaustermeier Army Signal Corp Vietnam 1974-76 •
Elton Klaustermeier
SFC Army Korea 1953-55 •
Donald Klaustermeier Cpl Army Reservist 1954-62 •
Duane Klastermeier
PNT3 Navy Peacetime 1955-57 •
Larry Klastermeier Lt Jg Navy Vietnam 1965-69 •
SPC Glen H Templin Army 69th Engr Bn Vietnam 1965-67 •
ATR2 Douglas Shrode Navy Vietnam •
Sp-5 Roger Jakobitz 747 HQ Main Bn Army Vietnam 1966-72 NG •
Karl J Hoernemann Army Air Force WWII
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Arthur Schwichtenberg LtJG Navy 1936-40 WWII 1942-45 •
Marian Schwichtenberg Ens Navy Nurse Corp WWII 1942-44 •
Thomas Schwichtenberg
AMH2 Navy Vietnam 1966-70 • Linda Schwichtenberg Cdr Navy Nurse Corp Vietnam-Panama 1969-90 •
Jon Schwichtenberg 11th Airborne Korea 1954-56 •
Marvin J Tonn Army Korea 1954-55 •
Sgt Michael D Tonn Air Force Desert Storm •
SSgt Duayne Heimerl Co A 682 Eng ArNG Vietnam 1965-71 •
Roland "Red" Miller Army 3rd Inf Div WWII 1944-46 •
Tec5 Dennis H Ide Army WWII •
Loren E Jilek National Guard 1957-65 •
Sgt James D Wilson Marine Corps Vietnam 1965-69 •
AG2 James A Molier Navy Peacetime •
CPO Peter J Smyth Navy Peacetime 1905-15 •
Dr John J Smyth Navy Med Corps WWII 1943-48 •
Lt Peter T Smyth Navy Med Corps Vietnam 1973-75 •
William A Scrimgeour II Airman Air Force WWII •
William A Scrimgeour III Army Vietnam •
Richard Scrimgeour Army Vietnam •
Sgt Emmert Jenneke Army WWII 1944-46 •
RN3 Gary Jenneke Navy Vietnam 1961-64 •
Louis R Jenneke Army WWII 1941-46 •
Sp4 Joseph Casavant Army Purple Heart Vietnam 1966-67 •
Sgt Steven Casavant Army National Guard Peacetime •
Sgt Neal Dossett Army Trans Corps WWII 1943-45 •
PFC Hillard H Latzke Army HQ Battery 17th WWII 1944-47 •
Sgt Luke M Otto 1st Div Marines WWII 1942-45 •
LCdr Chris C Otto Navy Vietnam-Gulf 1971-92 •
Vernon Kruschke Army WWII •
Orland Kruschke Army WWII •
QM3 Ardin Kruschke Navy WWII 1944-46 •
Marvin Kruschke Army WWII •
Ronald Ziemer Navy Vietnam •
Byron R Zellmann Tec5 Army WWII Europe •
Stanley M Ehrke AZ3
USS Randolph CVS-15 US Navy 1963-65 •
ADJ1 Glen Ehrke Sr Navy VF-13 &
MNANG 1965-71 & 1980-90 •
Cpl Arduin A Rolf Army Korea •
YN2 Roger Nawrocki Navy Vietnam •
James Daly Army Vietnam •
Herbert Hoen Jr Army Vietnam 1965-67 •
LtCol Cathy Bergdahl Air Force Gulf War 1989-2010 •
Cpl Harlow H West Army 576 Trans Co Korea 1951-53 •
PFC Earl A Strey Army 596 Sig Supt Co Korea 1953-54 •
MSgt Alton Hovern Army 3rd Inf Div WWII 1941-45 •
Cpl Warren Anderson Army 5th Arty Btry Korea 1951-52 •
SFC Thomas A Stapel Army National Guard Peacetime 1969-2007 •
Loren Ernst Army Korea •
Darwin R Leaf Navy Vietnam 1972-75 •
William G Berry Army World War I •
Vernon Carl Roepke Navy WWII •
Sgt Edward Dammann Army National Guard Peacetime 1956-64 •
Joseph Friauf Army WWI
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Harold Milbrath Navy
USS Maine Ship WWI 1918-19 Atlantic •
Harry Mibrath Navy
USS Maine Ship WWI 1918-19 Atlantic •
Roger E Behning Army National Guard Vietnam 1966-72 •
Robert J Seemann Navy Air Force Persian Gulf War •
LtC Desmond Sveiven Army Korea •
August Schroeder Army WWI •
Glover Dohman Marines So Pacific WWII 1942-45 •
Waldo M Dohman Marines So Pacific WWII 1942-45 •
Walter A Mahlstedt
SFC Army WWII 1942-45 •
Sgt David A Wilmot Marines WWII 1945 Korea 1950-52 •
Arthur F Kuhlmann Army WWI •
Melinda Burtman Register Army Nurse WWI 1918-19 •
SSgt Edwin H Scheer Army Air Corps WWII 1941-45 •
PFC Orlando Gebhardt Army Co C 368 Engr WWII 1943-45 •
Alexander Gebhardt Cpl Army Korea 1951-54 •
Clyde F Kuenzel Navy WWII 1944-46 •
1st Lt Randell Tonn Reserve Chaplain Peacetime 1959-65 •
E4 Daryl G Dressler Air Force Vietnam 1967-71 •
GM3 Elton G Quast Navy WWII •
Cpl Ralph A Wolter Army Cook Korea •
PFC Emil Tonn Army Provost Guard WWI 1918-19 •
Pvt Herman Kuhlmann Army WWI •
Pvt Edward Zastrow 2nd Bn 80 Fld Art Army 1989 •
Gloria Jean Westphal SSg E6 Army Reservist 1979-2001 •
Sp5 Leonard Zastrow Army Reservist 1965-68 1980-92 •
SSgt Arlen Westphal US Air Force 1977-92 Just Cause Panama •
Tec5 Mark F Krueger Army Co E 273 Rd Inf WWII 1942-45 •
Austin D Maetzold Navy WWII 1943-45 •
Robert A Lorence Sr Sgt Co D 1935th Inf Peacetime 1923-25 •
Sp6 Robert A Lorence Army HQ 47th Inf Div Peacetime 1957-63 •
FN LeRoy D Mueller Navy Korea 1955-57 •
Virgil S Fruetel Navy WWII 1943 •
Leroy Rattenstetter Army Tank Corps WWI 1918-19 •
Spec5 Gene Birkholtz Army Vietnam 1966-69 •
Chester E Dammann Navy 1957-59 •
Sgt Virgil Kegler Army National Guard Peacetime 1956-64 •
Sp5 Stephen Rosckes Army Vietnam 1966-69 •
PFC Dennis Rolfzen Army Germany 1957-59 •
Victor C Ide CM 3rd Class Navy WWII 1945-46 •
LtC Eugene R Monroe Army Engineer Corp 1961-1992 •
Maj Michael W Hasz US Air Force Desert Storm 1983-95 •
Sp4 Daryl D Krienke Army Vietnam 1966-68 •
Cherry Llynn Krienke RM3 Navy Vietnam 1967-70 •
Pvt Clifford W Beise Army WWI 1917-18 •
Ensign Clyde Beise Navy WWII 1942-45 •
Spc Larry F Pavlish Army Honor Guard Co Vietnam 1963-66 •
MSgt Travis Zellmann Navy Army Grn Beret Bosnia Persian Gulf •
Tec4 Vern C Weegman Army Bronze Star WWII 1942-45 •
Deane L Conklin Jr TSgt Marine 1st Div WWII 1942-45 •
PFC Mary A Conklin
USMC Womens Reserve WWII 1944-45 •
Travis Maesse National Guard Operation New Dawn •
Cpl Andrew Lyrek Marines Infantry Afganistan 2007-11
(Military) Includes location, directions, 10 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
Known throughout West Texas as “a city within itself,” Thornton’s Store was one of Abilene’s leading businesses for nearly seven decades. E.L. Thornton (1896-1964) moved to Abilene from Arkansas in 1919, after service in World War I. He opened a fruit stand in 1919, followed by a grocery store in 1920. Joined by his two brothers, Thornton soon expanded his business. In 1925 he added dry goods, followed by a drug store and a feed store in 1929. Radio and refrigeration departments were added in 1931.
The King and Queen Seat to your right is a natural 190-foot rock outcrop that overlooks Deer Creek Valley. This cliff towers directly above Deer Creek and affords a spectacular view of the rolling hills and farmland of Harford County
Veterans
During the War of 1812 the young United States was embroiled in conflict with Great Britain. From 1812 to 1815 Americans fought to protect their rights and economic independence. They faced superior enemy forces on the homefront and the high seas.
The strategically important Chesapeake Bay region felt the brunt of the war, choked by shipping blockades and ravaged by enemy raids. The events in this region were crucial to the outcome of the war.
Though there was no clear victor at the end of the war, the United States protected its democracy and emerged with heightened stature on the world stage.
Explore this pivotal time in American history along the Star-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail.
Baltimore’s importance as the commercial heart of the Chesapeake region wasn’t the only reason the British wanted to capture the city in 1814. They also wanted to stifle Fell’s Point---the home port for many of the privateers that preyed on British merchant ships. The United States augmented its small navy by licensing privately owned ships to attack enemy vessels. Baltimore privateers captured more than 500 British ships during the War of 1812.
Explore Fell’s Point today to see dozens of building that once served as homes and businesses for shipbuilders, seamen, immigrants, enslaved and free blacks, merchants, and families in this bustling maritime neighborhood. Exhibits and tours reveal the role of Fell’s Point in the defense of Baltimore and the nation.
Peirce Mill represents the beginnings of the Industrial Revolution in America. For centuries, small water-powered mills had ground grain into flour, using human labor in every step of the process. This 1829 mill, on the other hand, was a mechanized marvel., incorporating the latest labor-saving technologies pioneered by American inventor Oliver Evans. Water turned the wheel, which spun a shaft that drove gears, belts, a grain elevator, and a variety of machines. Assisted by gravity and a single miller, the mills machinery automatically turned grain into flour.
The George E. Ingersol Post #658 dedicates this plaque to George E. Ingersol, the first Fair Haven veteran to die in World War I. This Fair Haven Post was chartered in January of 1922, and named after him in recognition of his ultimate sacrifice. Let this plaque keep alive the memories of all those who offered their lives so that justice, freedom, and democracy might survive. The lives of those who have made the supreme sacrifice are glorious before us; their deeds are an inspiration. As they served American in time of war, yielding their last full measure of devotion, may we serve America in time of peace. 
Captain Henry Thompson, Clifton Mansion’s original owner, formed the First Baltimore Horse Artillery unit in 1813. General John Stricker chose Thompson’s troop to report on enemy movements at the August 1814 Battle of Bladensburg.
The narrow land shaped by Bear Creek, Bread and Cheese Creek, and Back River was the site of the Battle of North Point, September 12, 1814. Some 3,200 Americans clashed with 4,500 British to delay the advance on Baltimore.
The conflict upon the Battle Field on September 12, which was followed on the 13 and 14 by the unsuccessful bombardment of Fort McHenry by the British Fleet under Admiral Sir Alexander Cochrane, Commander-in-Chief of all the invading forces was the last battle upon American Soil before peace was secured by the Treaty of Ghent December 14, 1814. "This Battle Acre was presented to the State of Maryland" by Dr. Jacob Houck in 1839. The Acre was enclosed and this memorial cannon erected.
