Death and Legacy
John Eager Howard is buried at the Old Saint Paul's Cemetery, in Baltimore.
- Howard County, Maryland was named for him.
- In 1904, the city commissioned an equestrian statue of Howard by the eminent French sculptor Emmanuel Frémiet and installed it at Washington Square, Baltimore.
- Howard is one of several notable men of Maryland mentioned in the state song "Maryland, My Maryland".
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