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Rose Hartwick Thorpe

 
 
Rose Hartwick Thorpe Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Craig Doda, December 25, 2019
1. Rose Hartwick Thorpe Marker
Inscription. Composer, in Litchfield in 1865, of the poem
"Curfew Shall Not Ring Tonight"
 
Erected 1934.
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Arts, Letters, Music.
 
Location. 42° 2.648′ N, 84° 45.484′ W. Marker is in Litchfield, Michigan, in Hillsdale County. It is at the intersection of Jonesville Street and Jonesville Street, on the right when traveling west on Jonesville Street. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Litchfield MI 49252, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the American Midwest and on the Great Lakes. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 6 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Robert Benjamin (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Congregational Church of Litchfield (about 600 feet away); Litchfield World War II Memorial (approx. 1.3 miles away); Wayside Memorial Park
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(approx. 1.4 miles away); Mosherville Church / Mosherville School (approx. 5.3 miles away); Site of First Log Cabin in Hillsdale County (approx. 5.9 miles away); Captain Moses Allen (approx. 6.1 miles away); Allen Civil War Monument (approx. 6.1 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Litchfield.
 
Also see . . .  Curfew_Must_Not_Ring_Tonight - Wikipedia. (Submitted on January 27, 2021, by Bill Pfingsten of Bel Air, Maryland.)
 
Rose Hartwick Thorpe Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Craig Doda, December 25, 2019
2. Rose Hartwick Thorpe Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on November 9, 2025. It was originally submitted on January 25, 2021, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. This page has been viewed 302 times since then and 21 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on January 25, 2021, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
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