The Ross Monument
The Ross Monument, erected to the memory of Major General Robert Ross in 1826, was re-opened on 30 January 2009 after extensive refurbishment costing £120,000 GBP ($175,000 USD).
INSCRIPTION ON THE ROSS COMMEMORATIVE OBELISK
Major-General Robert Ross
Served with distinction in Holland, Egypt, Italy, Spain and France.
Conquered in America, and fell victorious at Baltimore.
Born 1776, Hilden 1799, Alexandria 1804, Maida 1806, Corunna 1809, Vittoria 1813, Ortho 1813, Pyranees 1813, Bladensburg 1814 and Baltimore 1814.
The Obelisk
The officers of a grateful army which, under the command of the lamented MAJOR GENERAL ROBERT ROSS, attacked and dispersed the American forces at Bladensburg on the 24th of August, 1814, and on the same day victoriously entered Washington, the capital of the United States, inscribed upon this tablet their admiration for his professional skill, and their esteem for his amiable private character.
His well-earned fame is also recorded by the monument erected at his grave at Halifax, Nova Scotia, by the army in that command, by that which his mourning officers of the 20th Foot raised in his Parish Church at Rostrevor; and that placed in St Paul’s Cathedral as the last tribute of a Nation’s praise, by his country.
