Mare Island in Vallejo in Solano County, California — The American West (Pacific Coastal)

Anna Arnold Key Turner

Photographed by Joseph Alvarado

1. Anna Arnold Key Turner Marker

Inscription. Plaque One:
Daughter of Francis Scott Key 1779-1843
A United States Bicentennial Commemoration
Placed by Sequoia Chapter National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution

Plaque Two:
War of 1812
US
Real Daughter

Sarcophagus:

Anna Arnold Key,
Wife of
Daniel Turner,
& Daughter of
Mary Lloyd
Francis Scott Key,
Died March 15, 1884,
Aged 73 years.
”Her children arise up, and call her blessed.”

Erected by Daughters of the American Revolution.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: War of 1812. In addition, it is included in the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) series list.

Location. 38° 4.752′ N, 122° 15.193′ W. Marker is in Vallejo, California, in Solano County. It is on Mare Island. It can be reached from Imhoff Road south of Azuar Avenue, on the right when traveling south. The plaque is mounted at the base of the sarcophagus in the Mare Island Cemetery. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Vallejo CA 94592, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker

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is in California’s San Francisco Bay Area,

in Sacramento Valley,

and specifically in the Central Valley.

It is also on the American Pacific Coast.

Globally, it is in North America,

on the Ring of Fire,

in the Pacific Rim,

in the Western Hemisphere,

in the Western World,

and in the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain

and also Mexico’s Alta California.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Beyond These Sentry Houses (approx. 0.6 miles away); In Memory of the Port Chicago 50 - Vallejo, August 1944 (approx. 0.9 miles away); St. Peter's Chapel (approx. 1.4 miles away); The Western Magazine (approx. 1.4 miles away); An Island Built of Mud (approx. 1.4 miles away); The Carquinez Strait: Gateway to California's Riches (approx. 1.4 miles away); Vallejo As State Capital (approx. 1½ miles away); Red Men's Hall (approx. 1½ miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Vallejo.

Other markers no longer nearby. Sentry Houses, A272 and A279 (was approx. 0.6 miles away but has been confirmed missing); First Wireless Station

Photographed by Joseph Alvarado, February 25, 2023

2. Anna Arnold Key Turner Marker

(was approx. 0.8 miles away but has been confirmed missing).

Also see . . . Anna Arnold Key Turner on Find A Grave.

"Daugther of Francis Scott Key, composer of the Star Spangled Banner and Mary Lloyd."

(Submitted on March 7, 2023, by Joseph Alvarado of Livermore, California.)

Anna Arnold Key Turner Sarcophagus image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Joseph Alvarado, February 25, 2023

3. Anna Arnold Key Turner Sarcophagus

Anna Arnold Key Turner Markers image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Joseph Alvarado, February 25, 2023

4. Anna Arnold Key Turner Markers

Credits. This page was last revised on March 7, 2023. It was originally submitted on March 7, 2023, by Joseph Alvarado of Livermore, California. This page has been viewed 767 times since then and 67 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on March 7, 2023, by Joseph Alvarado of Livermore, California.