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    National Katyn Memorial in Baltimore
    Bruce K.

    I've seen a few memorials here and there. This one ranks among the most striking. I had no idea that Baltimore had so many Polish immigrants here that they'd have enough power to get something like this made, but I'm glad that they did as I've learned a bit from researching this memorial after seeing it. A massive massacre of Soviet forces against Polish nationals in 1940. Led by Lavrentiy Beria and under orders from Joseph Stalin and the rest of the Politburo, some 110,000 people were executed through this operation. Apparently because Stalin knew that Poland would be unfriendly to Soviets after World War Two and he wanted to deprive it of a large population of military and technical elite in order to make it weaker. It's really quite gruesome, reading about how methodical the executions were. Horrid what human beings can do to other human beings. Let us never forget and never allow it to be repeated. This particular statue is 44 feet high and with base, 56 feet. It is the tallest statue in Baltimore and depicts soldiers against flames that are gilded in gold leaf. And the flames include a cut-out in the shape of an eagle, the symbol for Poland.

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    Anthony G.

    I came to this memorial entirely by happenstance. I was staying at the nearby Baltimore Marriott Waterfront and had noticed this place when I drove by. I didn't know what it was but I found it to look both interesting and beautiful. So I walked from my hotel to this place to find out what it was. I was very surprised to find out this was a memorial to Poland's struggles during one of the worst periods of the 20th century, the 2nd World War. The memorial describes its invasion by both Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union. It's partition between the two powers and of course the eventual war between the two. It specifically describes a terrible massacre orchestrated and carried out by the Soviet government and it's secret police against hundreds of captured Polish soldiers...a war crime. The people massacred were fathers, brothers, teachers, doctors... normal good people whose only sin....whose fate was sealed in the minds of the Soviet government was defending their nation. When reading about this, it reminded me about my own families struggles. My grandfather fought in the Spanish Civil War... a war involving both the Soviet Union, Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany. He told me stories about the Russian and Italian soldiers as well as the German SS. It greatly affected him... he lost many friends in that war. And of course later on he and my family moved to Cuba and had to deal with that horrible Communist tyrant Fidel Castro for years... those struggles faces by my grandparents and mother also left a mark on them and I grew up listening to those stories. Truly man's inhumanity to man knows no bounds. Ideology can so blind people to the point where they can so easily massacre others. I think it's summed up best by a quote from the Phillip Hallie: "if history is a nightmare, it is because there is so much cruelty in it. In peace and in war members of our species are cruel to one another, and human progress seems to consist not so much in diminishing that cruelty as in finding more impersonal and efficient ways of crushing and grinding one another". Heaven help us...but he may be right about us.

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    Fells Point - 01.20.25 Brown's Wharf

    Fells Point

    4.4(72 reviews)
    0.5 miFells Point

    ** 5 Year Review Update **…read more Fells Point continues to be great for the most part. Quality restaurants and boutiques, gorge water views, some of the coolest folks you'd ever meet. Some establishments have left, some have joined. The crowds stay heavy. Sadly lately, the crime has increased making it sometimes difficult to enjoy. Parking is gawd awful, but worth the hustle. I pray this area improves as Baltimore City deserves this.

    Historic waterfront neighborhood [Baltimore MD]…read more Did some research while looking for places to visit in Baltimore and bookmarked this neighborhood. Fell's Point is located along the north shore of the Baltimore Harbor and just less than 10 miles from our hotel... we made our way here on MLK Day. Surprisingly, not all the businesses were closed on a holiday. We arrived around 10:30a and found parking. There are a few options for parking including metered parking and convenient lots and garages. We found an open spot on Thames Street. Fell's Point is beautiful as it was once a bustling shipbuilding port. We walked the snowy sidewalks and enjoyed the views of the wharf. Fell's Point is a historic waterfront and one of the oldest neighborhoods in Baltimore. It has served as the home to jazz singer Billie Holiday and abolitionist Frederick Douglass. I loved the cobblestone streets with many waterfront restaurants and bars and the local cute boutiques shops. We had brunch at Barcocina and did some window shopping at the cozy shops. We also shared a pastry purchased from Pitango Bakery Cafe located right there at the waterfront. Review #3664

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    Saint Anthony Italian Festival

    Saint Anthony Italian Festival

    4.7(9 reviews)
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    We stopped by the Italian festival on Saturday afternoon to see what was happening after driving…read moreby! So glad that we stopped in, there was so much to take in! The live music and dancing was so fun, there were even hula hoops all around! We tried fresh pizza slices, salads and the best calamari I've ever had with a lemonade and Italian iced tea to wash it all down. As someone who is not Italian, it was super cool to stop in and enjoy pieces of Italian culture and support an awesome Baltimore community! We will definitely be back next year!

    Italian Festival in lil' Italy in Baltimore provides a wonderful experience for us who are not…read moreliving in Baltimore and want to get out of bubble of the usual, mundane things. It has free parking, free entertainment, visit to a National Historic landmark (1881 ornate Italian style church), a lot of great vendors and amazing foods. The "gladiators" pass you by on your way to watch a game of bocce ball. People are friendly as this is a block party festival that gives you a feeling that you are one big family. Very easy to start conversation and harder to end it. I learned today that the meat is not what makes calzone but the dough that hosts the meat inside. The meet was good but the dough was memorable. Speaking about the dough - how about delicious sweet fried dough for $3 that is impossible to finish by one person - even if you are a true Italian. I was advised by two elderly Italian ladies, "take real sugar because the powder sugar is too messy, and have sugar on both sides." I am sorry that I did not try meatballs but I can testify that calzone and pizza were the first class and worth the trip. I am very tempted to repeat the experience on a similar event - August 19 and 20, 2017 - this time just a saint will be different (St Gabriel in August).

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