Themes

Five Historic Themes to Interpret at

Hancock’s Resolution

1. Living history interpretation of a Chesapeake, “middling planter’s” tidewater farm, 1780-1860. 26.5 acres are left of the original 410 acre farm.

2. Commerce and Transportation on the northern Chesapeake Bay in that period. “Commerce” because this farm, as other local farms, took its produce (its “truck”) to Baltimore by market boat for over 150 years. “Transportation” because this farm, as other local farms, provided wood as fuel to the steamboat industry from ~1820s to ~1865.

3. 3 War of 1812 stories to tell:

a - Francis Hancock was a Captain in the 22nd Regiment, Maryland Militia at the time the British attacked Baltimore.

b - The British burned a “very fine” American schooner named “The Lion of Baltimore” in Bodkin Creek on August 24, 1814.

c. The “Bodkin Telegraphe” (flag signaling system) connected Bodkin Island to Federal Hill in Baltimore through an intermediate signalling station on North Point beginning in 1806.

4. American Indian Lifeways on the northeastern Chesapeake Bay. Archaeology has turned up a 3,000 year old Indian camp site on the property.

5. Captain John Smith mapped Bodkin Creek in 1608. The rule is if that he mapped some place on his three voyages of discovery in 1607-08, he was there.

a - NPS’ Capt. John Smith National Historic Trail

b - NPS’ Star Spangled Banner Trail

Public Hours

April through October

Sundays 1-4 PM

(except Easter)

Extended hours for some special events

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Most events are free, but a small donation is suggested. For some events there may be a service charge.

How to find us

Hancock’s Resolution is located at 2795 Bayside Beach Road in Pasadena, Maryland (one block from Bayside Beach)

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