Welcome to the Maryland State Society
United States Daughters of 1812 website!
Maryland Daughters are extremely proud to be members of this National organization, and we are pleased that you are interested in our Society. The Daughters of 1812 descend from ancestors who rendered military service or provided support or supplies during the period 1784 through 1815. Our ancestors fought to preserve the ideals that forged our nation during this second War for Independence.
Our state theme is "Respect the Star Spangled Banner, Wherever it Waves." Maryland was the site of many battles during this period, all around the Chesapeake Bay. Two major historic landmarks in Baltimore City are associated with this war and our flag—the Star Spangled Banner Flag House, where Mary Young Pickersgill, the seamstress who made the flag that flew over Fort McHenry, lived and worked; and Fort McHenry itself, which withstood an extended bombardment and led Francis Scot Key to draft the Star Spangled Banner. We are very proud of our heritage.
On this website, in the Links Section, you will be able to access not only the Flag House and Fort McHenry, but also the Maryland Historical Society, which houses the original poem penned by Francis Scott Key; proposed legislation to establish the "Star Spangled Banner Trail"; our National Society Website; and a link to The General Society of the War of 1812—our men’s counterpart organization. We work very closely with the General Society on many programs around the state.
If you would like to learn more about our membership process, go to the Membership Section on this website. One of my main goals is to increase membership in the Maryland Society. I look forward to welcoming all eligible women as prospective members of the Maryland State Society, Daughters of 1812 in the near future.
In 1812 friendship,
M. Isabelle Obert
President, Maryland State Society, USD 1812