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FORT PHOENIX REVOLUTIONARY WAR CANNON MEMORIAL PLAQUE B

FORT PHOENIX REVOLUTIONARY WAR CANNON MEMORIAL PLAQUE B
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Location: FORT STREET AND BEACON STREET

City: FAIRHAVEN

State: Massachusetts

Zip Code: 2719

Type of Memorial: Cannon War Memorials with Plaques

Year Dedicated: 1883

Access: Public

Wars Commemorated: REVOLUTIONARY WAR

Photograph By: DALE K. BENINGTON

Submitted By: COURTESY OF HMdb.org

TAKEN FROM THE BRITISH AT NASSAU 1777, BY COLONIAL SHIP OF WAR ALFRED. PLACED ON FORT PHOENIX, RECAPTURED BY BRITISH AND LEFT ON THE FORT SPIKED, AND WITH TRUNIONS KNOCKED OFF. AFTERWARDS MOUNTED IN UNION STREET FOR VILLAGE DEFENSE. PLACED HERE 1883.
SEE ALSO-FORT PHOENIX REVOLUTIONARY WAR CANNON MEMORIAL


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