Bloody Marsh Monument Marker

Brass Marker on Bloody Marsh Monument, St. Simons Island, Ga.

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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 CAROL-

LINA AND THE REST OF THE AMERCANS

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.

Photo: Ed Jackson

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