Boothbay Site of Revolutionary Fort – Pemaquid Chapter NSDAR

This plaque was placed at the site of the stone fort in Boothbay Harbor during the Revolutionary War.


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