Reunion 2015 - Slide Show

We were fortunate to see the full size replica of the "Star Spangled Banner" flying over Fort McHenry, with 15 stars and stripes!

What a beautiful sight! Our Star Spangled Banner still flies o'er the ramparts!

Another view of the guns that helped assure our freedom!

A Park Ranger answers a question for a visitor amongst the guns, ramparts, and bunkers.

Imagine what this must have sounded like in the heat of battle....

Visitors looking out where the main battle took place during the War of 1812.

Another view of our Star Spangled Banner yet waving.

What a beautiful symbol of our Country! Here you can count all 15 stars and stripes.

Another view of the guns that helped win the Battle of Baltimore in the War of 1812.

One of many demonstrations in the center of the fort.

Ned Crislip at the entrance to Fort McHery.

In downtown Baltimore, Richard Bland and Lee Wise discovered a church that really reminded them of our ancestors' Schlosskirche in Germany.

Richard Bland and Lee Wise arriving at the Baltimore Street Car Museum.

1904 Brill streetcar #4533.

The interior of the 1904 Brill streetcar #4533.

What a trip back through history this was. The streetcar can be driven from either end.

How many of you remember this ad?

Our streetcar lost electrical connection with a rail, and #1164 came to our rescue.

There were many streetcar models inside the museum.

Richard Bland talks "shop" with one of the directors of the museum.

An old overhead lines car awaits restoration in the yard at the Baltimore Streetcar Museum.

A New Jersey Transit streetcar awaits restoration in the yard at the Baltimore Streetcar Museum.

The interior of one of the newer streetcars.

It was interesting seeing all the original colored glass windows and the original lighting in this streetcar.

Car 129 was built ca. 1880 by the John Stephenson Co. for the Baltimore City Passenger Railway Company. It is still used for some parades.

In the shop at the Baltimore Streetcar Museum, several cars are being worked on.

A volunteer is painting the streetcar under repair.

A foot-bridge in the Inner Harbor area, of Baltimore.

An old Power Plant was converted to shopping and dining stores, near Baltimore's Inner Harbor.

A bird's eye view of Baltimore and the Inner Harbor area.

The USS Constellation, permanantely berthed in Baltimore's Inner Harbor.

These watercraft add a lot of color to the Inner Harbor area.

This is Baltimore's National Aquarium, with the WWII submarine, USS Torsk (SS-423), on permanent display in front of the Aquarium.

One is recognizable--our cousin Dave Downs. The reader may draw his/her own conclusions about his friend...

Here's an interesting object d'art. I'm sure that took a lot of work to create.

Could this be the view the British saw the following morning? Their sign of defeat?

Another view of Fort McHenry's defenses.

What a sight! Just the right amount of wind to hold her aloft in all her splendor!

A re-creation of a Fife and Drum unit at Fort McHenry.

Colonel George Armistead served as the Commanding Officer of Fort McHenry during the Battle of Baltimore in the War of 1812.