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By: Wayne schaumberg | Myspacelayoutw

Wayne schaumberg | Myspacelayoutw — Sat, 01 Sep 2012 13:46:01 +0000

[...] About at Monument City BlogFeb 17, 2009 … Wayne R. Schaumburg. 5 Mar 09 at … FYI, Today’s Sun has an article on the anniverssary of the Baltimore Fire and Wayne Schaumberg. Gerry … [...]

By: Renee

Renee — Mon, 28 May 2012 00:49:00 +0000

Thank you for this site. I look up one item and find myself delving in to other monuments.

By: Wendy

Wendy — Sat, 03 Mar 2012 00:28:09 +0000

I would like to see a page on the school buildings. I am willing to help with the task!!

By: monumentcity

monumentcity — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 03:12:15 +0000

Thanks for the clarification Chris. I wasn't sure of the artifact's age and don't know much about the Rodman Company. There is another bomb at the Maryland Historical Society from the bombardment.

By: Christopher T. George

Christopher T. George — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 19:22:21 +0000

A great resource. Thanks for all your hard work. I am a historian of the War of 1812. I wanted to point out thf on your War of 1812 page you have the “Fort McHenry Cannonball at Police Headquarters” which is not an artifact of the bombardment of 1814 but is a cannonball of the same era as the 1870′s Rodman artillery at the fort. Look at the sign in your photograph. Thanks, Chris.

By: monumentcity

monumentcity — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 03:31:37 +0000

Thanks, great article. It’s strange, I just found the grave of John Hurst today at Green Mount. Just stumbled upon it.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/monumentcity/5598906596/

By: Gerry Lardner

Gerry Lardner — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 16:13:13 +0000

link for the fire story:

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/baltimore-city/bs-md-ci-great-fire-20110206,0,4441458.story

By: Gerry Lardner

Gerry Lardner — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 16:11:58 +0000

FYI, Today’s Sun has an article on the anniverssary of the Baltimore Fire and Wayne Schaumberg.

Gerry

By: Lonnie Belt

Lonnie Belt — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 19:30:12 +0000

There are some additional Civil War monuments you may want to add to this site. There are several Union monuments in the old National Cemetery (next to Louden Cemetery) in SW Baltimore. There are, I believe, three Confederate monuments in Louden, the most promninent of which is in the Confederate Cemetery therein. There is also a small GAR monument in the SE corner of Federal Hill.

By: Wayne R. Schaumburg

Wayne R. Schaumburg — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 05:46:21 +0000

Hello, I am a Baltimore historian who teaches classes on the city’s history and aspects of it. I have taught courses on Baltimore monuments for several years and am currently doing the class for Johns Hopkins Odyssey program. I stumbled on to you site in trying to determine whether the sculptor for the Gibbons monument at the Basilica was Betti Richard or Beth Richard. Your photos are really sharp. I also commented on several items in the archives section. One of the areas you should definitely look at is the role played by the Municipal Art Society with regard to the city monuments. Finally, here are the artists for some of the monuments that did not show that information:

John Eager Howard – Emmanuel Fremiet
FOP Police Memorial – Ferebee Strett Thulman
Confed. Soldiers & Sailors – F Wellington Ruckstuhl
Columbus – Inner Harbor – Bigarani Anuro
Armistead – Federal Hill – G Metsger
Confederate Women – J Maxwell Miller
Pope John Paul – Jospeh sheppard
Spirit of Music at JHU – Jud Hartmann
Katyn Memorial – Andrzej Pityuski