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The cupola atop the Ridgely house, a c. 1767 farmhouse located near here, served as a lookout station in 1813 and 1814 under Major Josiah Green. On September 11, 1814, a white flag raised there signaled that a British fleet was moving toward Baltimore. The warning was relayed to Baltimore’s Federal Hill, where General Samuel Smith ordered alarm guns to fire so troops would muster and citizens would prepare for attack. The Ridgely house formed part of an intricate early warning system of schooners and gunboats, shore stations, and horse relays, communicating with flags by day and lanterns by night.
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Edgemere, Maryland · United States
