Editing John Eager Howard (section)

==Death and legacy==
Howard died in 1827. He is buried at [[Old Saint Paul's Cemetery]] in Baltimore.<ref name=congbio/>
*[[Howard County, Maryland]], was named for Howard.<ref name=graveyard/><ref>{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ | title=The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States | publisher=Govt. Print. Off. | author=Gannett, Henry | year=1905 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ/page/n161 162]}}</ref>
*In 1904, the city of Baltimore commissioned an [[equestrian sculpture|equestrian statue]] of Howard by [[Emmanuel Frémiet]] and installed it at Washington Place in Mount Vernon.<ref name=graveyard/>
*The former Maryland state song "[[Maryland, My Maryland]]" refers to "Howard's war-like thrust".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thepeoplesvoice.org/TPV3/Books.php/2009/12/31/cool-deliberate-courage-john-eager-howar |title='Cool Deliberate Courage: John Eager Howard in the American Revolution' Book Review |first=William |last=Hughes |publisher=Media Monitors Network |via=thepeoplesvoice.org |date=December 2009 |access-date=November 14, 2019 }}</ref>
*Three streets in Baltimore are named for Howard: John Street, Eager Street, and [[Howard Street (Baltimore)|Howard Street]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://baltimorebrickbybrick.com/2015/02/02/why-eager-street/|title=Why "Eager" Street?|last=maxjpollock|date=2015-02-02|website=Baltimore Brick By Brick|language=en|access-date=2019-01-02}}</ref>