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Fort Howard Veteran Medical Center

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Fort Howard

Fort Howard Veteran Medical Center An Endicott period fort named in honor of Colonel John Eager Howard, a distinguished officer of the Maryland Line during the Revolution. It is located on North Point at the Patapsco River entrance. Batteries here are Battery Key (1900 – 1927), Battery Stricker (1899 – 1918), Battery Nicholson (1900 – 1927), Battery Harris (1900 – 1917), Battery Clagett (1901 – … Read more

Crownsville State Hospital for the Negro Insane in Maryland

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Crownsville

Crownsville State Hospital for the Negro Insane in Maryland Built in 1910; quickly renamed from “Hospital for the Negro Insane” by an act of Maryland’s legislature, closed in June, 2004. “Thirty-one male Negro mental patients from Montevue Asylum in Frederick county were to clear the land and build a railroad spur to the hospital site. … Read more