20. Fayette Street, at Calvert Street,
Facing East.
21. Monument to Negro Soldiers at
Battle Monument.
The Battle Monument at Fayette and Calvert Streets commemorates
Baltimore's ability to resist the British during the war of 1812. This is
where the parade terminated. When several officials (including Frederick
Douglass) were standing on a scaffold built for the parade, it collapsed
unexpectedly. They joked that it must have been built by Democrats
(despite the fact it was actually built by Republicans). After ascertaining
that no one was hurt, Frederick Douglass and the other speakers
relocated to the balcony of the nearby Gilmor House hotel.
Ironically, Henry Gilmor had been one of Maryland's most celebrated
confederate soldiers and wrote a book entitled, "I Rode with Stonewall."