{"id":167,"date":"2018-03-27T12:43:24","date_gmt":"2018-03-27T12:43:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mainedar.org\/pemaquid\/?page_id=167"},"modified":"2018-07-12T13:28:34","modified_gmt":"2018-07-12T13:28:34","slug":"first-parish-church","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.mainedar.org\/pemaquid\/first-parish-church\/","title":{"rendered":"First Parish Church"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mainedar.org\/pemaquid\/historic-markers\/\">Back to Historic Markers<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<div class='content-column one_half'><div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#foogallery-gallery-269 .fg-image { width: 300px; }\n#foogallery-gallery-269 { --fg-gutter: 10px; }<\/style>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"foogallery foogallery-container foogallery-default foogallery-lightbox-foobox fg-center fg-default fg-ready fg-light fg-border-thin fg-shadow-outline fg-loading-default fg-loaded-fade-in fg-caption-hover fg-hover-fade fg-hover-zoom\" id=\"foogallery-gallery-269\" data-foogallery=\"{&quot;item&quot;:{&quot;showCaptionTitle&quot;:true,&quot;showCaptionDescription&quot;:true},&quot;lazy&quot;:true}\" style=\"--fg-title-line-clamp: 0; --fg-description-line-clamp: 0;\" >\n\t<div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mainedar.org\/pemaquid\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/3-Wiscasset-Elm-Tree-at-Church.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"206\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/www.mainedar.org\/pemaquid\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2018\/07\/3-Wiscasset-Elm-Tree-at-Church\/2183434204.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22300%22%20height%3D%22250%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20300%20250%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mainedar.org\/pemaquid\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/First-parish-congretaiotnl-church-wiscasset-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mainedar.org\/pemaquid\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/First-parish-congretaiotnl-church-wiscasset-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.mainedar.org\/pemaquid\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/First-parish-congretaiotnl-church-wiscasset.jpg 575w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/div><\/div>\n<div class='content-column one_half last_column'>In 1764 the townspeople of Wiscasset embarked on a project to raise additional funds for a meetinghouse, which would also serve as a place of worship. This structure was completed in 1767 and stood where the church stands today. At the time it was referred to as \u201cYe Old First Parish\u201d or simply \u201cOld First Church.\u201d<br \/>\nThis plaque was placed on an elm, which is now long gone.<\/p>\n<div style= \"text-align:center\">\nTHIS ELM TREE<br \/>\nDEDICATED IN HONOR OF THE BIRTH OF THE<br \/>\nCONSTITUTION<br \/>\nOF THE UNITED STATES<br \/>\nOF AMERICA<br \/>\nPEMAQUID CHAPTER D.A.R.<br \/>\nMAY 6, 1938<br \/>\n<\/DIV><br \/><\/div><div class='clear_column'><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Back to Historic Markers<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-167","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mainedar.org\/pemaquid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/167","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mainedar.org\/pemaquid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mainedar.org\/pemaquid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mainedar.org\/pemaquid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mainedar.org\/pemaquid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=167"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.mainedar.org\/pemaquid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/167\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":313,"href":"https:\/\/www.mainedar.org\/pemaquid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/167\/revisions\/313"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mainedar.org\/pemaquid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=167"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}