Support and craft legislation that was accountable to both the public and legislature. They finally did pass a bill in july of 2013 and it was also for cities of 1 million or more and that allowed for a fiveyear Demonstration Program and they started their pilot in 2013. They located with school zones and it was only in school zones when school is in session and children are present. That speaks to some of the limitations that these programs endure based on what is palatable for the legislature. Their violations are enforced by the parking violations bureau. So they are kind of treating like a parking ticket. And the new York City Department of transportation receives the revenues, but due to complexity, they didnt earmark them for a specific purpose. But it does go to that department. And they found a flat fine of 50 is what they could put into the legislation that they could get to pass and having a flat fine was also simpler for administrative reasons. They did not actually post sig
British lake. It was important for a lot of reasons. One pennsylvania, maryland, delaware and virginia were the bread basket of the United States. You bottle up the Chesapeake Bay and a lot of the goods, the wheat that was exported that does not get to sea. In addition, uch the important sea ports and cities of indianapolis and baltimore and the new capitols, washington dc. Alexander and virginia. The british with blocking the bay hope that we would pull our troops out of canada and using them closer to home and recognizing the war being unpopul unpopul unpopular amongst our people. The economy was not doing so well, that may help end this war of 1812. For the british, the war of 1812 is a distraction. All this is but a side show. They want to bring the war of 1812 to a conclusion as quickly as they can. The world of 1812 here on the Chesapeake Bay sees the world navy against a number of small town and americans living over the bay. However, even a small resistance that town would be b
Here at the farm. We were aware there had been at one time a substantial enslaved population. We knew a little bit about the family and their origins and their relocation here to maryland but what we didnt know was very much more than that about the family. We had very Little Information about the enslaved population and certainly one of the Key Research Questions with regard to the Archaeological Research was where were the 90 enslaved People Living. I had a graduate student working with me. Part of her Thesis Research focused specifically on the family occupation, trying to understand their origins and the context of their relocation to maryland. She managed to uncover a pretty obscure account written by a polish expatriot in the end of the 18th century. He was a diarist. He kept a travel memoir of all of his travels. He happened to travel on the georgetown road which we know today as maryland 55. At that time, it was further to the west. Closer than where it is today. He was traveli
But what we know today as the best farm forms the 274 acres of what was originally a 748 acre plantation. That plantation was known as laramie todge. It was established by a family of french planters who came to maryland in 1793 from the colony known today as haiti. The family was called the Vincent Deere family. They came to maryland to escape civil Unrest Associated with the slave uprising that begin in 1791 and also with the french revolution. The best farm was acquired by the National Park service in 1993. Its a fairly recent acquisition. Beginning in 19981999 is when we started doing a substantial amount of historical architectural and Archaeological Research here at the farm. We were aware there had been at one time a substantial enslaved population. We knew a little bit about the Vincent Deere family and their origins and their relocation here to maryland, but what we didnt know was very much more than that about the family. We had very Little Information about the enslaved popu
Not seeing the flag because hell pose a question. O say can you see and does that starspangled banner yet wave over the land of the free and the home of the brave . Hell also answer that question in the second verse where he will say on the shore dimly seen through the midsts of the deep. And hell later say in full glory reflected it shines on the stream. tis the starspangled banner or the land of the free and the home of the brave. So key does see the flag. He sees it the morning after the battle. Key puts into words what everyone really felt in their hearts. Private douglass described that september morning about the flag going up. Another private, isaac monroe said Yankee Doodle played as the stars and stripes, the starspangled banner as the garrison cheered from these ramparts. There was a mutual feeling that an important morale victory had been won. What did it all mean . When word got out to the peace negotiators in belgium, that the americans held in baltimore, that really almos