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National Historic Site Plaque, Captain Archer Small Plaque (Memorials)
FAIRHAVEN MEMORIALS
LOCATION: FORT PHOENIX HISTORIC PARK, FAIRHAVEN, MA
FORT PHOENIX
A NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE
1775 FIRST NAVAL ENCOUNTER OF AMERICAN REV
1778 CAPTURED AND DESTROYED BY THE BRITISH
1812 REPELLED BRITISH ATTEMPT TO CAPTURE
1861 MANNED BY FEDERAL TROOPS IN DEFENSE
OF THIS HARBOR
THIS PLAQUE ERECTED BY THE FAIRHAVEN
HISTORIC COMMISSION MAY 1973
Location: Fort Phoenix
IN HONOR
OF
CAPTAIN ARCHER A. SMALL. VALIANT KEEPER OF
PALMER’S ISLAND LIGHT, AND WIFE MABEL WHO GAVE HER LIFE IN HIS BEHALF DURING THE 1938 HURRICANE.
“WE BRAVE WHAT WE MUST IN THE HOUR OF COURAGE”
DEDICATED ON THE FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF THEIR
OUTSTANDING ACTS OF DEVOTION, SEPTEMBER 21, 1988