This plaque was placed at the site of the stone fort in Boothbay Harbor during the Revolutionary War.
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ON THIS SITE, DURING THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION | |
STOOD THE STONE FORT AND BARRACKS | |
WHERE THE BRAVE SOLDIERS OF THE BOOTHBAY REGION | |
FAITHFULLY GUARDED THE TOWN AND ITS WATER, | |
UNDER THE COMMAND OF THE FOLLOWING OFFICERS. | |
COLONEL ANDREW REED | |
COLONEL EDWARD EMERSON | |
JOHN BEATH, NAVAL OFFICER | |
CAPTAINS | CAPTAINS |
TIMOTHY LANGDON | ANDREW REED, JR. |
ISRAEL DAVIS | DAVID REED |
ICHABOD PINKHAM | JOHN REED |
ANDREW MCFARLAND | JOSEPH REED |
SAMUEL BROWN | PAUL REED |
CAPT. WILLIAM REED | |
"SONS OF THIS TOWN, LET THIS OF YOU BE SAID, | |
THAT YOU WHO LIVE, ARE WORTHY OF YOUR DEAD." | |
ERECTED BY PEMAQUID CHAPTER D.A.R. 1941 | |