Battle Monument
City of Baltimore, Maryland

The symbol of the City of Baltimore, the Battle Monument stands on Calvert Street at Fayette Street. Designed by Maximilian Godefroy and completed in 1825, the Battle Monument honors the thirty-nine men who died in the Battle of Baltimore, when the British were defeated at North Point and Fort McHenry on September 12, 1814. The base and column of the monument are composed of Baltimore County marble; the sculptures of Lady Baltimore and the four griffins were carved from Italian marble by Antonio Capellano. The Monuments Commission contributed toward the Baltimore City-sponsored project of cleaning and repointing the monument, which was rededicated on Defenders' Day, 1997.