The Foster Rubicon

Inscription:

NEAR THIS SPOT, IN JUNE 1775, THE MEN OF MACHIAS,
CONFRONTED BY A PEREMPTORY DEMAND BACKED BY ARMED FORCE
THAT THEY SHOULD FURNISH NECESSARY SUPPLIES
TO THEIR COUNTRY’S ENEMIES, MET IN OPEN AIR COUNCIL
TO CHOOSE BETWEEN IGNOBLE PEACE AND ALL BUT HOPELESS WAR.
THE QUESTION WAS MOMENTOUS AND THE DEBATE WAS LONG.
AFTER SOME HOURS OF FRUITLESS DISCUSSION,
BENJAMIN FOSTER, A MAN OF ACTION RATHER THAN WORDS,
LEAPED ACROSS THIS BROOK AND CALLED ALL THOSE TO FOLLOW HIM
WHO WOULD, WHATEVER THE RISK, STAND BY THEIR COUNTRYMEN
AND THEIR COUNTRY’S CAUSE
ALMOST TO A MAN THE ASSEMBLY FOLLOWED
AND, WITHOUT FURTHER FORMALITY,
THE SETTLEMENT WAS COMMITTED TO THE REVOLUTION.
ERECTED BY THE HANNAH WESTON CHAPTER DAR 1917