FEDERAL HILL OF BALTIMORE CITY A MARYLAND HISTORICAL LANDMARK

摘要

SINCE THE FOUNDING OF BALTIMORE, 1729, THIS HILL HAS BEEN A POPULAR POINT FOR VIEWING THE CITY'S GROWTH. HERE 4000 PEOPLE FEASTED, 1788, TO CELEBRATE THE RADIFICATION BY MARYLAND OF THE FEDERAL CONSTITUTION AND IN HONOR OF THE NEW GOVERNMENT GAVE THE PLACE ITS NAME. AN OBSERVATORY, BUILT HERE, 1795 SIGNALED CITY MERCHANTS OF THE APPROACH OF THEIR VESSELS, A SERVICE WHICH LASTED A CENTURY. SHIPYARDS HAVE LONG BEEN LOCATED NEAR THE HILL, AND IT HAS BEEN MINED FOR CLAY AND SAND. DURING THE CIVIL WAR, UNION TROOPS FORTIFIED THE SITE AND IT WAS MADE A PUBLIC PARK, 1880.