Friends of Maryland's War of 1812

The volunteers of the Friends of Maryland's War of 1812 improve our awareness of the role of the United States during the War of 1812 (1812-1815) era. The Friends of Maryland's War of 1812, Inc. is an educational non-profit organization chartered in the State of Maryland. The Friends of Maryland's War of 1812 is a non-profit organization chartered in the State of Maryland since 2015. The Friends began as a small non-profit organization established in Kent County on Maryland's Eastern Shore in support of the 200th Anniversary of the War of 1812. At the conclusion of the State's Bicentennial Commemoration in February of 2015, several members of the Kent County Friends non-profit worked together to create a new and expanded mission for the organization, which resulted in the Friends of today. The new Friends organization continued its administrative support of the associated Chesapeake Independent Blues. The Blues are a voluntary interpretive unit for representing the Marylanders who served in the ranks of the Maryland Militia infantry during the Chesapeake Campaign (1813-1815) of the War of 1812. The Friends also established a new Corporate Partnership Program, and several other voluntary interpretive organizations joined, including the First Regiment Volunteers and the Veteran Volunteers. In addition to providing administrative and insurance liability support for partner interpretive units, the Friends are involved with other public educational projects such as film and video productions, historical research and artifact reproductions, and historical conservation and preservation.