After the war, the guns were kept for a time in the market house on St. Mary's Square in St. Michaels, but ultimately they were removed to the armory in nearby Easton. On 9 June 1861, all of the arms at the Easton armory were transferred to federal troops, who removed them to the safety of Fort McHenry. They have remained at the fort since that time and became part of the National Park Service collections after the fort became a national park in 1925. There was an unsuccessful effort to return the cannons to St. Michaels for the celebration of the sesquicentennial of the attack in 1963. Remarkably, they retain their identity to this day as the guns used to defend St. Michaels, and specifically those obtained by Gibson.
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