Unknown Graves of Revolutionary War Soldiers at Old First Parish Burying Ground - Rockport, Massachusetts
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There is a monument for Revolutionary War soldiers at the nearly 300-year-old Old First Parish Burying Ground in Rockport, Massachusetts. It was placed by the Cape Ann Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution.
Waymark Code: WM16JKP
Location: Massachusetts, United States
Date Posted: 08/14/2022
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Old First Parish Burying Ground in Rockport, Massachusetts, holds the remains of the town's earliest settlers and military members from the mid-18th-century to early 19th-century American wars.
Looking southwest from the Beach Street sidewalk, there is a monument honoring Revolutionary War soldiers at the nearly 300-year-old graveyard. Given by the Cape Ann Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, its cast bronze plaque mounted to a boulder reads:
PLACED BY CAPE ANN CHAPTER, D.A.R.
COMMEMORATING THE UNKNOWN GRAVES
OF REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS RESTING
IN THIS CEMETERY.
An informational historic marker stands next to the sidewalk between the hillside cemetery and Front Beach.
OLD FIRST PARISH
BURYING GROUND
ORIGINAL PLOT GIVEN BY THE
FIRST SETTLER, RICHARD TARR,
WHO WAS BURIED HERE IN 1782.
HERE LIE MOST OF THE EARLY
SETTLERS AND MANY OF THE
OFFICERS AND SOLDIERS OF THE
FRENCH AND INDIAN, REVOLUTION-
ARY AND 1812 WARS.
MASSACHUSETTS BAY COLONY
TERCENTENARY COMMISSION
Visit Instructions:PLEASE NOTE: This category is for American Revolutionary War Veterans only. Veterans of other revolutions are not part of this category.
I have allowed one entry for a grave of British solders, but it was an exception. Please only list graves for Colonial soldiers.
Simply visit the locations. Please provide as much information as possible. Pictures would be a great addition.