COMMANDER JOHN B. MONTGOMERY’S LANDING SITE MEMORIAL PLAQUE
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Listing Details
Type of Memorial: Plaques On Stone
Year Dedicated: 1915
Access: Public
Wars Commemorated: MEXICAN-AMERICAN WAR
Photograph By: BARRY SWACKHAMER
Submitted By: COURTESY OF HMdb.org
ON JULY 9, 1846 COMMANDER MONTGOMERY LANDED NEAR THIS SPOT FROM THE U.S. SLOOP-OF-WAR “PORTSMOUTH” TO RAISE THE STARS AND STRIPES DURING THE WAR WITH MEXICO.
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