Day 286 - Market Street and Mount Olivet Cemetery

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1813 flag at Key's Grave

Costumed Visitor

The original manuscript of "The Star Spangled Banner" has been on display in Frederick for a few days, and today it made the trip from City Hall, escorted by Frederick police officers, the Old Guard, mounted Maryland State Police, a fife and drum corps, and the Independent Hose Company fire wagon, along downtown streets to the Mt. Olivet Cemetery, where Francis Scott Key is buried.

It was a great day for a parade, and I was asked by the Frederick Visitor Center to photograph the procession as it came up Market Street, so I decided to make my walk be along Market, to the cemetery and then around the cemetery.  My friend Norma accompanied me.

Anna Anachronism

Fort McHenry Honor Guard

Various groups in period costume gathered at the fence along Market Street by the Maryland School for the Deaf.  Representatives from the American Legion, the DAR, and the Maryland State Police were in position by the old iron fencing.

After the procession went by, we followed it into the cemetery and stood listening to the ceremony, which included the raising of a replica of the 1813 flag that flew over Ft. McHenry, the singing of all four stanzas of the national anthem, and speeches by various dignitaries.

Self Portraits

The softer side of
park police.

Norma and I walked more around the cemetery, finding the many graves of Confederate soldiers who are buried along the fence line.

It was a great day for a parade and all the pomp and circumstance that accompanied this momentous occasion.

I hope Francis Scott Key enjoyed all the attention he got today.

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1. walk every day
2. the walk must be in addition to any other planned activity for the day
3. post a photo every day
4. use whatever camera is easy and convenient for walking comfortably; always have a backup camera at the ready in case of mishaps (I use the Nikon Coolpix P7700)
5. no weather excuses
6. walk only where it is safe to do so