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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1O5B_supawna-meadows-national-wildlife-refuge_Pennsville-Township-NJ.html
Supawna Meadows National Wildlife Refuge is located within the Atlantic Flyway-one of four major migration corridors which pass through the continental United States. The refuge provides crucial and diverse habitat for wildlife seeking nourishment…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1NYG_church-landing-road_Pennsville-Township-NJ.html
In 1638, the New Sweden Company financed a group of Swedes and Finns to travel to the New World to establish a colony for trade with the Native Americans and to learn about the land. These early settlers traveled up the Delaware River, entered the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1NYF_the-moat-and-the-parados_Pennsville-Township-NJ.html
The parados (Spanish for rear door) is the earthen hill adjacent to the gun battery. It serve as a shield against gunfire from the rear. Construction of the moat and parados at Fort Mott began in 1897 and took over two years to complete. The earth…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1NYE_observation-towers_Pennsville-Township-NJ.html
Fifty-two feet above the ground, soldiers in this observational tower were able to identify an enemy vessel, calculate its speed and distance, note weather conditions and communicate this information to the main plotting room and the ten-inch guns…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1AVW_finns-point_Pennsville-Township-NJ.html
Near Here300 years ago and later lived the first colony of settlers of Finnish blood upon this continentTo their memory and to the love of freedom and justice that they handed down to their descendants this tablet is erectedJune 30, 1938________Ne…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18D4_finns-point-rear-range-light_Pennsville-Township-NJ.html
The Finns Point Range lights served as a point of entry and exit for maritime traffic between the Delaware Bay and River. In 1950, after the Army Corps of Engineers dredged the channel to 800 feet wide and 40 feet deep, the Finns Point Rangelights…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18D3_finns-point-rear-range-lighthouse_Pennsville-Township-NJ.html
Property of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Guided ships through the upper Delaware Bay from April 2, 1877 to March 22, 1950. Through the efforts of private citizens coordinated by the "Save the Lighthouse Committee," the 115-foot iron tower w…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10P3_gettysburg-address_Pennsville-Township-NJ.html
Address by President Lincolnat the dedication ofthe Gettysburg National CemeteryNovember 19, 1863.? ? ? Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the propositio…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGYE_delaware-memorial-bridge_Pennsville-Township-NJ.html
1951 — 1968South Span — Dedicated August 16, 1951North Span — Dedicated September 12, 1968Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey dedicated these bridges on September 12, 1968 to the men and women of the State of Delaware and the State…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEKA_1872-construction_Pennsville-Township-NJ.html
The original 1872 plans specified that eleven gun emplacements with twenty guns and a mortar battery with six emplacements were to be built. Only two gun emplacements and two magazines were ever completed, the magazines are still visible to your l…