Jean Ribaut and the Huguenots
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Marine Biologist
N 30° 24.168 W 081° 25.936
17R E 458478 N 3363499
This historical marker about Jean Ribaut and the Huguenots is located near the turn-off on Hecksher Drive to the Kingsley Plantation and The Ribalt Club on Fort George Island, Florida.
Waymark Code: WM5KTC
Location: Florida, United States
Date Posted: 01/19/2009
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member tiki-4
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The marker text reads as follows:

Jean Ribaut and a party of the Huguenots landed the morning of May 1, 1562 on this island. Here they knelt in prayer, beseeching God's guidance and commending the natives to his care. This was the first Protestant prayer in North America.

Erected by the Jacksonville Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, March 11, 1936.

Marker Number: None

Date: March 11, 1936

County: Duval

Marker Type: Roadside

Sponsored or placed by: Jacksonville Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution

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