DEFENDERS' DAY.

September 12th, known as "Defenders' Day," is a legal
holiday, in memory of the successful resistance of British
invasion of Baltimore in 1814, when General Ross and Ad-
miral Cockburn landed a large force on North Point at the
mouth of the Patapsco, and being defeated then opened the
unsuccessful bombardment of Fort McHenry the next day,
which inspired the writing of "The Star-Spangled Banner,"
by Francis Scott Key.

ARMISTICE DAY.

November II declared a legal holiday annually by proc-
lamation of the Governor.

SATURDAY HALF-HOLIDAYS.

Saturday half-holiday laws are in force in the following
places:

In the city of Annapolis, by Act of 1894, Chapter 167.
In the city of Baltimore, by Act of 1898, Chapter 198.
In Baltimore county, by Act of 1898, Chapter 152.
In Harford county, by Act of 1898, Chapter 164.
In Montgomery county, by Act of 1898, Chapter 366.
In Cecil county, by Act of 1900, Chapter 87.
In Ellicott City, by Act of 1902, Chapter 151.
In the city of Westminster, by Act of 1902, Chapter 443.

ARBOR DAY.

By resolution of the General Assembly of 1894, the Gov-
ernor is authorized to designate by proclamation one day
in April, annually, for tree planting, to be known as "Arbor
and Highway Day."

REPUDIATION DAY.

The General Assembly of 1894 made November 23rd a
bank half-holiday in Frederick county, under the title of
"Repudiation Day," in commemoration of the repudiation
of the Stamp Act in 1765.