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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Plymouth County, Massachusetts
Adjacent to Plymouth County, Massachusetts
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| On Water Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Pilgrim Memorial State Park is designed around Plymouth Rock, a large glacial boulder deposited in the harbor and smoothed by centuries of tidal wash. The rock is not only a landmark, but also a symbol of the courage and faith of the men and women . . . — — Map (db m107542) HM |
| | William Bradford Governor and Historian of the Plymouth Colony Born in Austerfield, England – 1590 Died in Plymouth, New England – 1657 < Side of Monument : > “So they lefte ye goodly & pleasante citie, which had been . . . — — Map (db m75823) HM |
| On Union Street at Water Street, on the right when traveling south on Union Street. |
| |
In Memory of the Men Who Made
the Ultimate Sacrifice
Spanish American War, World War I, World War II
Spanish-American War
Peter A. Bowler • John A. Cullinan • Patrick H. Mahoney
Joseph B. Murphy • Joseph E. . . . — — Map (db m118204) WM |
| | If you had
looked out to sea
from this point on
June 1, 1813
you would have seen the
ship-to-ship battle between
USS Chesapeake and HMS Shannon
where Captain James Lawrence
spoke his famous last words
“Don’t Give Up The . . . — — Map (db m95609) HM WM |
| On First Parish Road just from Central Park Drive, on the left when traveling west. |
| | Home of the Scituate Historical Society on land granted to Richard Garrett prior to 1646. Zephanian Cudworth built the present house in 1797 around the original chimney. — — Map (db m47900) HM |
| On Country Way 0.1 miles south of Mordecal Lincoln Road, on the left when traveling north. |
| | Boundary line between Norfolk and Plymouth Counties, originally established in 1640 as the boundary between the colonies of Massachusetts Bay and New Plymouth. — — Map (db m49623) HM |
| On Meetinghouse Lane, on the left when traveling west. |
| | Front:
“Erected on this Lott
Aug. Ye 2d & 3d dayes, 1636.
Exercised in Novemb. 10 & 11, 1636.”
Top:
To the Memory of
The First
Ministers of Scituate
Giles Saxton — Nathaniel Pitcher
John . . . — — Map (db m30616) HM |
| On Stockbridge Road at Meeting House Lane, on the right when traveling south on Stockbridge Road. |
| | Train bands and later militia trained on this field to serve in the King Philip’s War, Revolutionary War and Civil War. — — Map (db m42807) HM |
| On Country Way at Booth Hill Road, on the left when traveling north on Country Way. |
| | Settled by Mathew Gannett in 1651. — — Map (db m48035) HM |
| On Greenfield Lane near Stockbridge Road, on the right when traveling west. |
| | A unique historical site in that its construction spans nearly three centuries. Five generations of the Mann family lived in this house. They were direct descendants of Richard Mann who settled in Scituate in 1636. — — Map (db m43638) HM |
| On Meetinghouse Lane, on the left when traveling west. |
| | Burial place of many of the town’s original settlers who came from Kent County, England, in 1628. This is also the site of the first church in Scituate, built in 1634. — — Map (db m30615) HM |
| | During the year 1810 the U. S. Congress voted [$]4000 to build a lighthouse at Scituate harbor. During the War of 1812 Abigail and Rebecca Bates, young daughters of the lighthouse keeper, prevented a British naval force from sacking the town . . . — — Map (db m23484) HM |
| On Country Way just north of the Greenbush Rotary, on the right when traveling north. |
| | In 1640 Isaac Stedman dammed up First Herring Brook and beside the pond thus formed, constructed the first water driven grist mill in the old colony. The mill owned and operated by the Stockbridge and Clapp families until 1922 was made famous in . . . — — Map (db m24546) HM |
| On Front Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | From which the town derived its name. The Indian word first written Satuit or Seteat, meaning cold brook, was changed in 1640 to Scituate. — — Map (db m42628) HM |
| On Country Way just north of the Greenbush Rotary, on the left when traveling north. |
| | The Stockbridge mansion, built before 1660, stood on this site. It was a garrison house in King Philip’s War for protection of the mills, and was successfully defended. The pond and mill were made famous by Woodworth’s poem "The Old Oaken Bucket." — — Map (db m48800) HM |
| On Meetinghouse Lane, on the left when traveling west. |
| | Rev. John Lothrop
Rev. Charles Chauncey
Rev. Henry Dunster
Rev. Nicholas Baker
Pastors
1635–1679 — — Map (db m30618) HM |
| | The Italian freighter Etrusco, a 7000 ton liberty ship, grounded here March 16, 1956, in a northeast blizzard. All hands safe. Refloated November 22, 1956.
Placed by the Cedar Point Association on the 30th anniversary of grounding and the . . . — — Map (db m23486) HM |
| On Old Oaken Bucket Road, on the left when traveling west. |
| | Homestead and well made famous by Samuel Woodworth in his poem “The Old Oaken Bucket.” Homestead erected by John Northey in 1675; poet born in Scituate January 13, 1785. — — Map (db m48801) HM |
| On Collier Road (a one-way street) at Cliff Avenue, on the left when traveling south on Collier Road (a one-way street). |
| | The first plantations at "Satuit" were laid out by the Men of Kent before 1628 on this cliff, which was then much more extensive. — — Map (db m48038) HM |
| On Barker Road 0.1 miles north of Brookline Road, on the right when traveling north. |
| | A portion of the house built by John Williams in 1634 is incorporated in the present house. It was a "garrison" or place of refuge and defense during King Philip's War. — — Map (db m48804) HM |
| On Elm Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Left side Inscription
Tremont Nail Company has been designated a National Historical Landmark by American Society for Metals Established in 1819, Tremont Nail Company had made nails continuously for more than 150 years, and one of the few . . . — — Map (db m85626) HM |
| On Marion Road, on the left when traveling west. |
| | . . . — — Map (db m86430) WM |
| On Main Street, in the median. |
| | Erected by the Town of Wareham in memory of her loyal sons 1904
There are also 5 panels of inscribed names — — Map (db m85572) WM |
| On Main Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Presented by the Wareham Branch S.A.S.A.P. to the town of Wareham in honor of her sons who paid the supreme sacrifice in the 1917 World War 1918 Walter O. Bennett • Dudley Lester Brown • Harry Clyde Cariepy • Everett Francis Howard • Harry Brown . . . — — Map (db m85570) WM |
| On Elm Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | 1814- 1930
Near this site stood a cotton factory which was partially burned by the British during the War of 1812.
Erected and dedicated by the Noble Everett Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution 1930 — — Map (db m85624) HM WM |
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