Martha Dandridge Garden Club Sundial ~ Dandridge, Tennessee - USA.
N 36° 00.941 W 083° 24.891
17S E 282378 N 3988385
The Martha Dandridge Garden Club was organized in 1927 in Dandridge, Tennessee. Their 75th anniversary sundial is located in the graveyard where early settlers and patriots of the Revolutionary War are buried at the site of their first civic project
Waymark Code: WM121BC
Location: Tennessee, United States
Date Posted: 01/31/2020
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The Martha Dandridge Garden Club 75th anniversary sundial is located in the graveyard where early settlers and patriots of the Revolutionary War are buried at the site of their first civic project. Coordinates for this WM are exact and within 3-7 feet obtained by 500 average readings.
"The Martha Dandridge Garden Club was organized in 1927 in Dandridge, Tennessee. The twenty-two founding members elected Mrs. H. B. Jarnigan as their first president.
The old graveyard in the center of Dandridge was one of the club's first civic projects. The restoration and beautification of this spot, where early settlers and patriots of the Revolutionary War are buried, continues to be an important duty of club members. In addition to landscaping, benches of old stone were constructed, a monument erected to the patriots, and a flagpole erected. In 2002, the Diamond Jubilee Year of the club, a sundial was installed.
Our club honors Martha Dandridge Custis Washington, our first "First Lady." Dandridge, Tennessee, the second oldest town in Tennessee, is the only town in the USA named for George's wife. Nearby Chestnut Grove was the name of her family plantation in Williamsburg, Virginia.
Dandridge was almost inundated by the Douglas Dam Power Project in the early 1940's, but civic-minded local citizens pleaded with President Franklin D. Roosevelt for help. As a result, a massive dike was constructed and the town was saved."
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