2nd Vice President William D. Johnson II, chair of the Society’s ROTC committee, presented the Society’s award to an Army ROTC cadet of the Blue Jay Battalion at Johns Hopkins on May 9, 2026.
Author: Craig Collins-Young
Three Cadets Receive the Society ROTC Award at McDaniel College
Society member David Hoover presented the Society’s ROTC award, a certificate and a medal, to three cadets at the spring awards review at McDaniel College in Westminster on May 8, 2026.
Three Eagle Scouts of Troop 427 Honored at North Point
Members of the Society joined the Colonel John Eager Howard Chapter of the Maryland SAR on May 3, 2026, at the Eagle Scout Court of Honor for Eric Dernoga, Isaac Klos and Connor Christensen of Troop 427.
The Grave of Dr. William Beanes Marked at Upper Marlboro
The Society joined the John Hanson Chapter of the Maryland SAR and the Daughters of the American Revolution on May 2, 2026, for a Patriot Grave Marking Ceremony at the grave of Dr. William Beanes in Upper Marlboro, whose capture by the British in 1814 brought Francis Scott Key out to the fleet.
A Brother and Sister Reach Eagle Scout Together
Brendon Hayes of Troop 16 and his sister Breann Hayes of Troop 647 took Scouting’s highest rank in one Court of Honor on March 28, 2026, where President William Emmerich and Assistant Chaplain William Hoffman presented the Society’s certificates.
Jackson Day 2026 Annual General Meeting
The Society of the War of 1812 of Maryland hosted its annual Jackson Day General Membership meeting at Baltimore’s historic Maryland Club on January 10, 2026. The meeting was well attended and all…
Celebrating the 200th Birthday of the Baltimore Battle Monument
The Maryland Society hosted a commemoration for the two hundredth anniversary of the Baltimore Battle Monument on September 13, 2025. The monument endures as a commemoration of the attack on…
Society Dedicates New Fort Covington Historical Marker
TWO OF THE ‘LOST FORTS’ of the 1814 British attack on Baltimore were recognized yesterday at a ceremony near Port Covington Marina.
Society Installs Tombstone for 1812 Veteran Jacob Houck
The Society installed a tombstone in Baltimore’s Mount Olivet Cemetery on the grave of 1812 veteran Jacob Houck who, later in life, donated an acre of the land to the State of Maryland where the…
Maryland Society hosts officers of the War of 1812 General Society
The Society of the War of 1812 of Maryland hosted the officers of the General Society of the War of 1812 to our annual celebration of Defender’s Day. Members participated […]