{"id":95,"date":"2018-03-15T12:48:11","date_gmt":"2018-03-15T12:48:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mainedar.org\/rebeccaemery\/?page_id=95"},"modified":"2020-02-19T15:04:36","modified_gmt":"2020-02-19T15:04:36","slug":"fort-mary","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.mainedar.org\/rebeccaemery\/fort-mary\/","title":{"rendered":"Fort Mary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Located at Hills Beach Road, Biddeford Pool, Maine<\/p>\n<p>GPS: Lat:43.44795 Lon:W70.35715<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#foogallery-gallery-504 .fg-image { width: 150px; }\n#foogallery-gallery-504 { --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-504\" 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\/rebeccaemery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/FtMaryc1918-1.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"Fort Mary c 1918\" data-attachment-id=\"507\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Fort Mary c 1918\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/www.mainedar.org\/rebeccaemery\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2018\/03\/FtMaryc1918-1\/1821477246.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22150%22%20height%3D%22150%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20150%20150%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-title\">Fort Mary c 1918<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mainedar.org\/rebeccaemery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Fort-Mary-marker-1.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"Fort Mary Stone Marker\" data-attachment-id=\"505\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Fort Mary Stone Marker\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/www.mainedar.org\/rebeccaemery\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2018\/03\/Fort-Mary-marker-1\/829439663.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22150%22%20height%3D%22150%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20150%20150%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-title\">Fort Mary Stone Marker<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mainedar.org\/rebeccaemery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/FortMary1-1.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"Fort Mary Plaque\" data-attachment-id=\"506\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Fort Mary Plaque\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/www.mainedar.org\/rebeccaemery\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2018\/03\/FortMary1-1\/2037347226.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22150%22%20height%3D%22150%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20150%20150%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-title\">Fort Mary Plaque<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<p>The first photo is of the Fort Mary monument around 1913. This original Fort Mary monument was placed by the Rebecca Emery Chapter NSDAR in 1907. It was made of stones collected from the area and then placed in cement. During King William\u2019s War,&nbsp; Fort Mary was the last stronghold for the people in the vicinity, and as the war progressed and conditions became more alarming, fear set in that the entire Saco settlement would have to be abandoned. The history started in 1675 when King Phillip conceived the idea of having the Indians exterminate the whites throughout New England. Fortifications sprung up in every settlement until almost every dwelling became a garrison. In 1693 shortly after the breakout of the second Indian war, called King William\u2019s War, the Governor of Massachusetts ordered a stone fort to be built here on the Saco River. Then in 1703, the third terrible Indian war broke out, called Queen Anne\u2019s War. The following year Saco Fort, which had been unoccupied for a few years, was again garrisoned by order of the General Court. This, in turn, led the General Court to order that a new stone fort be built on the tip of the point in 1708 at the entrance to the Pool; this was Fort Mary. The entire armed forces of the Saco Fort were transferred here and the old fort abandoned. In August of that year, a force of French and Indians made an attack upon the Pool and succeeded in killing one woman and capturing two men. In the summer of 1732, the condition of the fort became so bad that the long-suffering Captain could stand it no longer. He drew up a petition to leave the fort. No records show of any repairs, and in 1737, the land upon which the late Fort Mary stood was sold for 15 pounds.<\/p>\n<p>The plaque reads:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8220;FORT MARY<br \/>\n1700 \u2014 1902<br \/>\nERECTED BY<br \/>\nREBECCA EMERY CHAPTER<br \/>\nDAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION<br \/>\nBIDDEFORD, MAINE&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The stone monument no longer exists as a whole. Some of the stones are now on private property. The heavy slate plaque was moved and mounted to a boulder at the end of Hill Beach Road. The boulder was hit by what we presume to be a snowplow, causing the large boulder to be moved and turned. The plaque was jolted off the boulder and had resided under a neighbor\u2019s front porch for several years until the city placed gravel and then placed the boulder at the current site. An experienced master mason re-attached the heavy slate plaque back onto the boulder. Lindy Anderson, President of the Hill Beach Association, was extremely helpful in this process.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Located at Hills Beach Road, Biddeford Pool, Maine GPS: Lat:43.44795 Lon:W70.35715 The first photo is of the Fort Mary monument around 1913. This original Fort Mary monument was placed by the Rebecca Emery Chapter NSDAR in 1907. It was made of stones collected from the area and then placed in cement. During King William\u2019s War,&nbsp;<br \/><a class=\"moretag\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mainedar.org\/rebeccaemery\/fort-mary\/\">+ Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template_parts\/page-fullwidth_template.php","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-95","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mainedar.org\/rebeccaemery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/95","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mainedar.org\/rebeccaemery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mainedar.org\/rebeccaemery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mainedar.org\/rebeccaemery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mainedar.org\/rebeccaemery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=95"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.mainedar.org\/rebeccaemery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/95\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":919,"href":"https:\/\/www.mainedar.org\/rebeccaemery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/95\/revisions\/919"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mainedar.org\/rebeccaemery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=95"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}