This year marks the 200th anniversary of the War of 1812 - yes, I know it's 2013, but that war lasted a few years and the battle that our town focuses on happened in 1813. The state of Maryland has planned celebrations lasting into 2013 (they even issued a commemorative license tag for this event). A little history lesson here - there was a battle in Baltimore at Fort McHenry during which Frances Scott Key was aboard one of the British ships and wrote an inspiring poem at dawn when he saw that the American flag was still there. Sound familiar? It's a big deal in our state.
Back to the St Michaels story - the British ships were in the harbor and were going to fire their cannons on the town. The clever townspeople hung lanterns in the trees so the enemy would think that the town was on a hill and that the lanterns were lights in the houses. The cannonballs were fired over the houses (except for one - now known as The Cannonball House, but you probably guessed that) and the town was saved!
Fact or myth? Who cares - we love the story.
So, for this year's banner competition I picked up the St Michaels story theme and found out last night that my banner was juried in!
The artwork will be scanned and all the banners will be hanging on poles on our main street sometime in late April through November. Plan a visit to our village and see them all!
For a look at last years' banner see blog post February 27, 2012.
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