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Mary Ann Jung as Rosalie Stiers Calvert: Rosalie of Riversdale:
This segment: "The burgeoning War of 1812" (1 min 22 sec)
American President James Madison ... (in blue sash)
vs British Admiral Cockburn (prounounced Coburn)... (in red sash):

A library audience meets the two commanders --- as Rosalie Calvert describes how Maryland
and the whole United States are in danger of invasion by the British, after Congress declares war!

ROSALIE STIERS CALVERT
(1778-1821)
Topics covered:
War of 1812, plantation life, Star Spangled banner,
Maryland history, Baltimore History, Battle of Bladensburg

In 1794 Henri Stiers and his family, including sixteen-year-old Rosalie, fled their home in Belgium to escape Napoleon’s advancing army. They only planned to stay in America until it was safe to return home. However, the fighting dragged on, so the Stiers settled into life in a new country and culture. The vivacious Rosalie married George Calvert in 1799 and became mistress of his plantation, Mt. Albion. When her father finally did go back to Belgium, he made the unusual move of leaving his plantation in Bladensburg, "Riversdale Plantation", to his daughter Rosalie -- not her husband, which was the custom. Learn what it meant to be in charge of two growing plantations in early 1800's Maryland through the remarkable story of Rosalie Calvert.

Be swept into the action of the War of 1812! Audience members will flesh out the adventure by becoming the British versus the Americans to better understand this important war. Re-live the dramatic Battle of Bladensburg ---and find out how close it came to Rosalie’s beloved Riversdale. Which lucky guests will be chosen to portray President and Dolley Madison?

Thrill to the stirring creation of the Star-Spangled Banner by Francis Scott Key, who married Rosalie’s friend Polly. Finally, discover what happened to this unusual businesswoman, her husband, and their nine children in this inspiring recounting of life in that tumultuous age.