Pride of Baltimore
America’s Star-Spangled Ambassador
2012 - 2015
Bicentennial Highlights
OVERVI EW
H I ST ORY
From 2012 to 2015, Maryland and the entire nation
celebrated the bicentennial of the War of 1812. This
brochure highlights some of our programs, travels, and
accomplishments during this time.
T OTA L V I S I T O R S
40+
3,400+
P o r t s V i s ited
s t u d ent s ab oar d fo r
ed u c ati o n pr o g r am s
58
G u e s t Cr e w s ail ing
o pp o r t u nitie s
67
Pr ivate char ter s
AND RECEP TIO N S
527
13,694
123,000+
16,794
Pr e s s hit s
Faceb o o k fo l lower s
(303% incre a se since 2012)
u ni q u e web s ite v i s ito r S
E- Ne ws l e t ter r ecipient s
(4 42% incre ase since 2012)
Baltimore clippers gained fame as privateers during the
War of 1812. Their success in capturing British merchant
ships provoked the Royal Navy to attack Baltimore in 1814.
Francis Scott Key, seeing the American flag still flying over
Fort McHenry after the 25-hour British bombardment, was
inspired to pen “The Star-Spangled Banner.” The War of
1812 officially ended in 1814 with the signing of the Treaty
of Ghent. However, because news was slow to travel across
the pond, the final major battle of the war, the Battle of
New Orleans, was fought in January 1815.
One of the most successful privateers of the era was Chasseur,
the first ship built in Baltimore specifically to serve as a
privateer. In a daring voyage to Great Britain, her captain
declared a solo blockade of the British Isles. The British
Admiralty then called vessels back to the British Isles to
protect their merchant ships. Chasseur captured or sank 17
vessels before returning home in the spring of 1815, arriving
in Fells Point to be greeted by cheering crowds and dubbed
the “Pride of Baltimore.”
Pride of Baltimore II is a reconstruction of this early 19thcentury Baltimore Clipper, as was her predecessor, Pride
of Baltimore. For nearly four decades, these modern-day
“prides” of Baltimore have promoted historical maritime
education, fostered economic development and tourism, and
represented the people of Maryland in ports throughout the
world. Since her commissioning in 1988, Pride II has sailed
250,000 nautical miles and visited more than 200 ports in
40 countries.
Photo of Pride of Baltimore II escorting the French frigate
L’Hermione into Baltimore by Greg Pease Photogrephy
2012 - 2015
Bicentennial Ports of Call
Ports listed in alphabetical order by state/province
Chicago, IL
Annapolis, MD
Photo by John Szeto
Port Dalhousie, ON
Photo by Susan Steinbrook
Washington, DC ‘12, ‘14
Savannah, GA ‘12
Chicago, IL ‘13
Boston, MA ‘13
Nantucket, MA ‘12
Accokeek, MD ‘14
Annapolis, MD ‘12, ‘13, ‘14, ‘15
Baltimore, MD ‘12, ‘13, ‘14, ‘15
Cambridge, MD ‘12, ‘14
Chestertown, MD ‘12, ‘13, ‘14 ‘15
Havre de Grace, MD ‘12, ‘13, ‘14
Solomons, MD ‘12, ‘14
St. Michaels, MD ‘12, ‘14
Bath, ME ‘12
Portland, ME ‘12
Bay City, MI ‘13
Boyne City, MI ‘13
Duluth, MN ‘13
Miramichi, NB ‘13
Portsmouth, NH ‘12
Halifax, NS ‘12
Lunenburg, NS ‘12
Shelburne, NS ‘12
Clayton, NY ‘13
Greenport, NY ‘12
New York, NY ‘12
Cleveland, OH ‘13
Brockville, ON ‘13
Midland, ON ‘13
Owen Sound, ON ‘13
Port Dalhousie, ON ‘13
Sault Ste. Marie, ON ‘13
Toronto, ON ‘13
Windsor, ON ‘13
Erie, PA ‘13
Philadelphia, PA ‘12, ‘13, ‘14, ‘15
Newport, RI ‘12
Hampton, VA ‘12
Norfolk, VA ‘12, ‘14
Portsmouth, VA ‘12, ‘14, ‘15
E D UCAT I ON
E V E N T S, M E D I A , & AWARDS
PRIDE on the Chesapeake
Star-Spangled 200
Pride’s underway education program aligns with the
Maryland State Department of Education curriculum. This
STEM+H program is an underway sailing experience for
eighth graders. Over the past few years, more than 3,400
students from dozens of schools have participated. Students
were engaged in hands-on activities, such as setting sail and
steering the ship, as well as “minds-on” activities, such as
comparing hull models of a Baltimore clipper and a 19thcentury cargo design, envisioning the Bay without bridges
or roads, and examining disparate viewpoints about the
decision to go to war in 1812.
Pride was front and center during Maryland’s three-year
commemoration of the bicentennial of the War of 1812.
Tens of thousands of people came aboard for deck tours,
tall ship battle sails, and private receptions during StarSpangled Sailabration 2012 and Star-Spangled Spectacular
2014. These two festivals were the largest events ever held in
Baltimore. Pride also participated in events as she voyaged
along the East Coast and into the Great Lakes. In 2014,
Pride was featured in the opening shot of “Star-Spangled
Spectacular: Bicentennial of our National Anthem,” a PBS
broadcast viewed live by 1.6 million people.
Living American Flag
In 2014, Pride assisted Fort McHenry in special distance
learning efforts during the Star-Spangled Banner Living
Flag event. Over 6,700 students from every county
in Maryland joined together to make a living 15-star,
15-stripe flag. During the event, a video of Pride was
shown to 4,500 students, and an interview with one
of Pride’s captains on the role of privateers in the War
of 1812 was broadcast to 1,000 schools nationwide.
Media
Pride was featured in more than 500 newspaper, magazine,
television, web, and radio stories during the past four years.
She was nationally highlighted by Classic Boat Magazine,
20/20 in Australia, CNN, Maryland Public Television,
and Men’s Journal. She made the front covers of Baltimore
Business Journal ’s 2013 Book of Lists, The Port of Baltimore
2014-2015 Directory, Where Guest Book Baltimore, Boat
U.S. Magazine, The Baltimore Sun, The Maryland Gazette,
SoBo Voice, Erie Times, and The Plain Dealer, among others.
Awards
Pride was recognized as a “Certified Tourism Ambassador
Company of the Year” by Visit Baltimore in 2013.
Living flag photo by Greg Pease Photography
Films
Pride and her crew appeared in two films: “Star-Spangled
Banner: Anthem of Liberty,” a 3D IMAX film featured at the
Maryland Science Center; and “Prize of the Chesapeake,” a
film created by the Preservation Society and the Fell’s Point
Visitor Center. She was also featured in an episode of “Time
Traveling with Brian Unger” on the Travel Channel.
Captain Jan Miles was honored with Tall Ships America’s
Lifetime Achievement Award (2013) and named Honorary
Colonel at a Military Tattoo event at Fort McHenry (2014).
Pride was awarded Tall Ships America’s Perry Bowl in 2013
for winning three of the four 2012 Tall Ships Challenge
Atlantic Coast races, and in 2014 for winning four of the
five 2013 Tall Ships Challenge Great Lakes races.
Pride won first in her class in the 2013 and 2015 annual
Great Chesapeake Bay Schooner Race (GCBSR).
America’s
Star-Spangled
Ambassador
www.pride2.org | 410-539-1151
2700 Lighthouse Point East, Suite 330
Baltimore, MD 21224
Cover photo by Greg Pease Photography