1706 - Locust Point designated city’s official point-of-entry by Maryland Colonial Legislature. 2006: 300th anniversary (proposed Heritage Park events in conjunction with Maryland Port Administration)

1783 - The German Society of Maryland was founded to assist German immigrants. 2003: 220th anniversary (proposed commemorative events in conjunction with German organizations)

1793 - On July 9th, 53 vessels arrive in Baltimore carrying 1000 white and 500 black refugees from a revolution in Santo Domingo (Haiti.) In a display of compassion and tolerance Baltimore’s residents took the French-speaking refugees into their homes and raised $12,000 for their relief. 2003: 210th anniversary (proposed forums on and celebrations of ethnic and racial diversity and tolerance)

1803 - Ancient Order of Hibernians was founded to assist Irish immigrants. 2003: Bicentennial anniversary (proposed commemorative events in conjunction with organization)

1868 - On March 24th the B&O Railroad’s Locust Point immigration piers opened with much public fanfare to mark the arrival of the North German steamer “Baltimore.” Ft. McHenry’s guns were fired in salute and a parade made its way down Broadway in Fells Point. A banquet was held in honor of the ship’s German captain and crew. 2003: 135th anniversary (proposed Heritage Park events in conjunction with the B&O Railroad Museum, successor railroad CSX and successor steamship company Hapag- Lloyd; proposed Immigration Parade on Broadway in conjunction with Baltimore Office of Promotion and the Arts; proposed black-tie banquet fund-raiser)

1869 - Several steamship lines contract Mrs. Koether to run a large boarding house for arriving immigrants on the Pier 9 dock. For the next 50 years she would receive as many as 40,000 guests per year. 2004: 135th anniversary (proposed communal immigrant dinner)

1904 - B&O Railroad builds new immigration piers billed as the nation’s largest. The remnants of the support pilings are clearly visible today.

1907 - 1,285,000 arrivals marks the peak year for immigration to the United States with 60 steamers docking at Locust Point. 2007: Centennial anniversary (proposed Heritage Park events in conjunction with Immigration and Naturalization Service)

1913 - Federal Government constructs the three-building Locust Point Immigration Station just north-west of Ft. McHenry to replace the privately-operated B&O piers. The outbreak of World War I effectively ended the era of mass immigration and the station never welcomed a single arriving immigrant. Today the complex serves as a Naval Reserve Training Center.

1914 - In July, the last steamship bearing immigrants arrived at Locust Point.