Colonial Fort Augusta
ο»ΏFront Side:
This stone marks the site of the Colonial Fort Augusta, built by order of General Oglethorpe and the trustees in 1736; and known during the Revolution as Fort Cornwallis. St Paul´s Church was built in 1750, under a curtain of this fort.
Reverse Side:
Erected by the Society of Colonial Dames of America, November 1901.
Virtutes Majorum Filiae Conservant
This stone marks the site of the Colonial Fort Augusta, built by order of General Oglethorpe and the trustees in 1736; and known during the Revolution as Fort Cornwallis. St Paul´s Church was built in 1750, under a curtain of this fort.
Reverse Side:
Erected by the Society of Colonial Dames of America, November 1901.
Virtutes Majorum Filiae Conservant
Plaque courtesy Lat34North.com.
Original page, with additional info, here.
Photo credit: Ken Moser.
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