built from bricks used as ballast in British sailing ships arriving in Baltimore Harbor

The members of Post 28 dedicate the newly built 650 square foot extension to the bar. The bricks used in the construction of the supports and stairs are salvaged from a demolished house on Washington Boulevard in Baltimore. The house had been built from bricks used as ballast in British sailing ships arriving in Baltimore Harbor. Fred Ridgeway cleans and transports them to the Post, and Bill Baker contracts for the brickwork.