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John Hodges, the wealthy merchant who owned Darnall’s Chance, jailed British soldiers whom his neighbor William Beanes and other citizens arrested on August 27, 1814. When the British threatened to “lay the town in ashes” unless their men were freed, Hodges reluctantly arranged their release. He was then indicted for treason in the only known treason case from the War of 1812, but in May 1815 he was found not guilty because the circumstances under which he acted formed a good and sufficient excuse. Hodges lived here from 1799 to 1825. Nearby, the grave of William Beanes marks the man whose capture by the British led to the writing of the “Star-Spangled Banner,” and Trinity Church is where British soldiers tore pages from the parish register.
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Upper Marlboro, Maryland · United States
