Stephen Decatur - Philadelphia PA
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Don.Morfe
N 39° 56.438 W 075° 08.641
18S E 487696 N 4421178
Famed U.S. Navy officer. Capture of H.M.S. Macedonian, 1812.
Waymark Code: WM16PBY
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 09/09/2022
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TEXT on the Pennsylvania Historical Marker:
Famed U.S. Navy officer. Born 1779 in Maryland, he grew up in a house on this site. Celebrated for his role in the Tripolitan War, 1804; capture of H.M.S. Macedonian, 1812; and the subduing of the Barbary powers, 1815. Killed in a duel in 1820. Buried, St. Peter's Church.
Date Erected/Dedicated: 1987
Who put it there? Private/Government?: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
Location/Address:
600 Block South Front Street
Philadelphia, PA United States
19147
County/Province: Philadelphia County
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