ONLINE TOUR

Part I: Museum Views
Part II: Battle of Stonington (1814)
Part III: Maritime Heritage
Part IV: Stoningtonians

This 24-pound cannon ball was shot into Stonington Village from the attacking British forces on August 9, 1814. It lodged itself in this hearthstone of the old Trumbull House, which formerly stood on the corner of Water and Diving Streets.

Congreve rocket
This rocket was fired by the British Bomb Ship Terror at the Battle of Stonington (August 9-12, 1814). Rockets of this type were used by the British from 1805 to 1815, and were responsible for the "rocket's red glare" at Fort McHenry in Baltimore (where Francis Scott Key wrote the Star Spangled Banner) a month after they were fired on Stonington.

Commemorative Liverpool pitcher (detail) with scene from the 1814 Battle of Stonington.

Continue to Part III of the Online Tour

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