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Creation Date
5-9-2010
Description
First Protestant Prayer Marker, Fort George Island, Jacksonville, Fl.
This marker was erected by the Jacksonville Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution, on March 11, 1938.
The text on the marker reads as :
" Jean Ribaut and a party of Huguenots landed the morning of May 1, 1562 on this island. Here they knelt in prayer, beseeching God's guidance and commending the natives to his care. This was the first Protestant Prayer in North America."
Latitude, Longitude
30.40280556, -81.43246667
Recommended Citation
Taylor, George Lansing Jr., "First Protestant Prayer Marker, Fort George Island, Jacksonville, FL" (2010). George Lansing Taylor Collection Main Gallery. 3133.
https://digitalcommons.unf.edu/historical_architecture_main/3133
