Battle of Bloody Marsh - St. Simons Island, GA.
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member Lat34North
N 31° 09.387 W 081° 22.782
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This stone monument is located in the Blood Marsh Unit of the Fort Fredericka National Monument. The unit is located on Demere Rd., south of Stewart St., St. Simons Island, GA.
Waymark Code: WMGP60
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 03/26/2013
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We are resolved not to suffer defeat - we will rather die like Leonidas and his Spartans - if we can but protect Georgia and Carolina and the rest of the Americans from desolation.
Oglethorpe

Erected on the battlefield of Bloody Marsh - by the Georgia Society of Colonial Dames of America and the Georgia Society of Colonial Wars in memory of the great victory won over the Spaniards on this spot July 7 - 1742
Tiffany & Co.


Battle of Bloody Marsh
New Georgia Encyclopedia: Battle of Bloody Marsh
NPS: Bloody Marsh Unit
Group that erected the marker: Georgia Society of Colonial Dames of America and the Georgia Society of Colonial Wars

URL of a web site with more information about the history mentioned on the sign: [Web Link]

Address of where the marker is located. Approximate if necessary:
Blood Marsh Unit of the Fort Fredericka National Monument
Demere Rd., south of Stewart St.,
St. Simons, GA USA
31522


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