Colonel George Claghorn - New Bedford, MA - Citizen Memorials on Waymarking.com

This monument consists of a granite block about 3 1/2 feet tall with a beveled top. The block has the engraved words:

"U.S.S. CONSTITUTION
1797 1997"
with a depiction of that ship.

The plaque on the beveled top reads:

"NEAR THIS SITE
WAS LOCATED THE SHIPYARD OF
COLONEL GEORGE CLAGHORN
BUILDER OF THE U.S. FRIGATE CONSTITUTION
AND SHIP REBECCA THE FIRST WHALER
TO DOUBLE CAPE HORN.

HIS SERVICE IN THE WAR OF THE
REVOLUTION COVERED A PERIOD
OF FIVE YEARS - AS FIRST
LIEUTENANT-CAPTAIN-MAJOR.

PLACED BY
NEW BEDFORD CHAPTER
DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
1930"

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Website with more information on either the memorial or the person(s) it is dedicated to: [Web Link] Location: along the waterfront in New Bedford

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Date Logged Log User Rating   07/10/2010 Metro2 visited it