The house that would be forever associated with Kitty Knight was built overlooking the Sassafras river on the Eastern Shore of Maryland in the late 1700's. It would have been burned to the ground by British forces on May 6, 1813 if Kitty Knight hadn't stubbornly and persuasively convinced the British Admiral Cockburn to spare it and the adjacent house. Today the Kitty Knight House serves as an … [Read more...]