 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Nyika iyo Clifton Park iripo yaimbova minda yokurima. Yakavakwa munenge muna 1803, imba yacho yaimbova nzvimbo yokugara yezhizha yaCaptain Henry Thompson, 1774-1837. Akazvarwa muSheffield, England, akauya kuBaltimore munenge muna 1794, uye nokukurumidza akava munhu akatanhamara muguta richangobva kubuda somutengesi, mubatsiri wemari, uye mutungamiriri wekambani. Thompson akanga ane pfungwa dzevanhu uye akashandisa ruzivo rwake rwemabhiza mune zvechiuto kuti ashande semukuru wemauto muMaryland State Militias Baltimore Light Dragoons, iyo yaakabatana nayo muna 1809 uye akasarudzwa kaputeni. Gare gare akaronga First Baltimore Horse Artillery muna 1813, iyo yakadzivirira Baltimore panguva yekurwiswa kweBritish panguva yeHondo ya1812 paHondo yeBaltimore, kurwiswa kweFort McHenry uko kwakakurudzira kunyorwa kwe Star Spangled Banner. Hondo yeNorth Point, uye kumira pane izvo zvino zvinozivikanwa sePatterson Park muEast Baltimore, musi waGunyana 12-13-14, 1814. Asati aona chiito muBaltimore, akapiwa naBrig. Gen. John Stricker, mutungamiri weChitatu Brigade inozivikanwawo seBaltimore City Brigade yeMaryland State Militia, kutakura mashoko pakati peBladensburg, Maryland, uye guta guru rehurumende riri pedyo muWashington, D.C., panguva yekutanga yeHondo yeBladensburg, yakatangira Kupisa kweWashington panguva yeChesapeake Bay mushandirapamwe muna Nyamavhuvhu 1814. Gare gare iye neyuniti yake yakatasva yakashanda semurindi wemunhu weMaj. Gen. Samuel Smith, mukuru mukuru weState Militia pasi peyaimbova gavhuna weMaryland Levin Winder, uye mauto akasiyana-siyana emamirizheni kubva kumatunhu akapoteredza uye nyika, kusanganisira mauto akati wandei ehondo nemauto ehondo uye zvikamu zvinodzivirira Baltimore munaGunyana 1814. 