Regulacje i polityka gospodarcza · 21.12.2000

Star Spangled Banner National Historic Trail Study

This notice announces the intent to prepare an environmental impact statement and hold public scoping meetings for the Star Spangled Banner National Historic Trail Study. Public Law 106-135 authorizes the Star-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail Study to determine the suitability and desirability of designating as a national historic trail the route of the 1812 British invasion of Maryland and Washington, DC, and of the American defense. The proposed trail traces: the arrival of the British fleet in the Patuxent River; the landing of British forces at Benedict; the sinking of the Chesapeake Flotilla at Pig Point in Price George's County and Anne Arundel County, Maryland; the American defeat at the Battle of Bladensburg; the siege of the Nation's Capital; the British naval diversions in the upper Chesapeake Bay leading to the Battle of Caulk's Field in Kent County, Maryland; and, the route of the American troops from Washington through Georgetown, the Maryland Counties of Montgomery, Howard, and Baltimore, Americans at Fort McHenry on September 14, 1814. Three public meetings will be held in January 2001 to discuss the Star Spangled Banner National Historic Trail Study being und