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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1GVF_captain-paul-cuffe_New-Bedford-MA.html
Captain Paul Cuffe
Paul Cuffe (1759-1817) was a sea captain, merchant, philanthropist, community leader, civil rights advocate and abolitionist.
Here are some significant details about his life.
Westport, MA: site of the Cuffe home and farms…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1GVE_making-room-johnny-cake-hill_New-Bedford-MA.html
Making Room-During the days when New Bedford dominated the whaling trade, 10,000 seamen were required to sail the fleet. Pacific islanders, New England farm boys, Cape Verdeans, Portuguese from the Azores, Wampanoag Indians, and immigrants from Eu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1GVC_captain-paul-cuffe_New-Bedford-MA.html
Paul Cuffe (1759-1817) was a sea captain, merchant, philanthropist, community leader, civil rights advocate and abolitionist. The son of an African father and Native American mother, Cuffe was born on the island of Cuttyhunk, off the coast of New …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1GV2_civil-war-first-black-regiment_New-Bedford-MA.html
Near this spot, in February 1863, a recruiting office opened to enlist men for the first black regiment authorized to fight for the Union cause. The men who volunteered here formed Company C of the 54th Regiment of Massachusetts.
If captured, t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1GJB_heroes-of-fort-wagner_New-Bedford-MA.html
During the Civil War many of the black man who enlisted at a recruiting office near this spot were mustered into Company C of the 54th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry. Among these recruits was New Bedford Sergeant William H. Carney.
Pr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1GIT_the-benjamin-rodman-house_New-Bedford-MA.html
Wealth with a Conscience
Early whaling merchants lived in elegant houses along this street. But by the time Benjamin Rodman built this Federal style home in 1821, many of his wealthy friends were moving uphill away from this shoreside neighborhood…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DI7_the-old-shuttle-shop_Attleboro-MA.html
Built in 1827 by Col. Willard BlackintonStone Placed by Attleboro Historic CommissionGiven to the city of AttleborobyMr. and Mrs William A. Nerney1970
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1C0M_l-g-balfour-company-wwii-marker_Attleboro-MA.html
DedicatedIn Honor of the Employees of theL.G. Balfour CompanyWho Served in the Armed Forces ofThe United States During World War IIandIn Memory of Those Who MadeThe Supreme Sacrifice
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1C0L_south-attleboro-memorial-wall_Attleboro-MA.html
South AttleboroMemorial Wall andVeterans PavilionBy the CommunityFor the CommunityEST. Nov 11, 2012
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM194L_dighton-community-church_Dighton-MA.html
The building of this church began in 1770 on the eastern edge of the Great Cornfield of the Pocanocket Indians. Construction was halted during the American Revolution and the church was used as soldiers farmed and sheepfold. Completion was in 1798…