Fort Pontchartrain plaque
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Description
View of tablet commemorating Fort Pontchartrain, located at the northwest stairway to the Veteran's Memorial Building. Inscription reads: "Near this site was the gateway through the Palisade surrounding Fort Pontchartrain du Detroit. Founded July 24, 1701 by Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac, to hold 'The Strait' for France. Placed 1951 by Fort Pontchartrain Chapter. Daughters of the American Revolution."
Details
- Resource ID:
- bh009095
- Subject:
- Plaques, plaquettes--Michigan--Detroit
- Fort Detroit (Detroit, Mich.)--Monuments--Michigan--Detroit
- Photographic prints
- Date:
- unknown
- Format:
- 1 photographic print ; 3.5 x 5 in.
- Department:
- Burton Historical Collection
- Location:
- Outdoor civic memorials and historical markers, 1951, Detroit City Plan Commission, revision containing new photographs, 718 D484oa
- Copyright:
- Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.