Near Colora in Cecil County, Maryland — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

This Tablet is in Commemoration

Stockton / Rush Memorial Gate Tablet image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Pfingsten, July 17, 2007

1. Stockton / Rush Memorial Gate Tablet

Inscription. This Tablet is in Commemoration of Richard Stockton and Dr. Benjamin Rush signers of the Declaration of Independence and students of West Nottingham Academy. Stockton from 1743 to 1748 - Rush from 1751 to 1756.

Erected 1926 by Captain Jeremiah Baker Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Colonial Era • Education • Patriots & Patriotism • War, US Revolutionary. In addition, it is included in the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR), and the Signers of the Declaration of Independence series lists. A significant historical year for this entry is 1743.

Location. 39° 40.183′ N, 76° 4.597′ W. Marker is near Colora, Maryland, in Cecil County. It is at the intersection of Harrisville Road and Firetower Road, on the right when traveling south on Harrisville Road. This marker is across Firetower Road from the "West Nottingham Academy" marker listed at this intersection. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Colora MD 21917, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Greater Wilmington,

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on the Eastern Shore,

and in Greater Philadelphia.

It is also in the American Mid-Atlantic,

on the Delmarva Peninsula,

in the Tidewater,

in the Chesapeake Bay Region,

and on the Eastern Seaboard. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once one of the original Thirteen Colonies

and also the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: West Nottingham Academy (a few steps from this marker); a different marker also named West Nottingham Academy (about 800 feet away, measured in a direct line); Veterans Memorial (approx. 2.1 miles away); a different marker also named West Nottingham Academy (approx. 2.3 miles away); Richards Oak (approx. 2.4 miles away); Cummings Tavern (approx. 2.4 miles away); American Legion Post 194 Veterans Memorial (approx. 2½ miles away); Site of Chapel-of-Ease (approx. 2½ miles away).

Stockton / Rush Memorial Gate image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Pfingsten, July 17, 2007

2. Stockton / Rush Memorial Gate

Richard Stockton was a New Jersey signer and Dr. Benjamin Rush was a Pennsylvania signer.

Credits. This page was last revised on November 18, 2024. It was originally submitted on July 18, 2007, by Bill Pfingsten of Bel Air, Maryland. This page has been viewed 2,137 times since then and 32 times this year. Last updated on February 19, 2020, by Carl Gordon Moore Jr. of North East, Maryland. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on July 18, 2007, by Bill Pfingsten of Bel Air, Maryland.