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 War of 1812 Plaque - Portland, ME Posted by:  T0SHEA
N 43° 39.728 W 070° 15.036
19T E 399166 N 4835107
Under an old pine tree, affixed to a boulder, is this War of 1812 Plaque.
Waymark Code: WMVFWZ
Location: Maine, United States
Date Posted: 04/13/2017
Views: 4
The plaque was placed in 1912, on the 100th anniversary of the war, by the Daughters of 1812, State of Maine. The bronze plaque has either been painted or has oxidized to a bright green and has been expertly recessed into a cutout in the boulder. Elsewhere in historic Eastern Cemetery are the graves of several veterans of the War of 1812, as well as the Revolutionary War and the Civil War. Eastern Cemetery, incidentally, is now a National Historic Place.
Text from the plaque follows:
ON THIS HALLOWED SPOT
UNDER THE OLD PINE TREE
WHERE MANY OF THE FIRST
SETTLERS OF PORTLAND
WERE BURIED
THE NATIONAL SOCIETY
UNITED STATES DAUGHTERS
OF 1812 STATE OF MAINE
PLACE HERE THIS BOULDER
AND TABLET IN MEMORY OF
THE BRAVE SOLDIERS AND
SAILORS WHO SERVED THEIR
COUNTRY IN THE WAR OF 1812
AND MAINTAINED OUR
INDEPENDENCE
JUNE 1912
Date Erected/Dedicated: 1912
Who put it there? Private/Government?: Daughters of 1812, State of Maine
Location/Address:
59 Federal Street
Portland, ME United States
04101
County/Province: Cumberland County, Maine
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