FAIRHAVEN MEMORIALS

CAPTAIN JOSHUA SLOCUM MEMORIAL Location:  COOKE MEMORIAL PARK, Plymouth Avenue, Oxford, Poverty Point Area, Fairhaven, MA

IN HONOR OF CAPTAIN JOSHUA SLOCUM THE FIRST MAN TO SAIL AROUND THE WORLD ALONE 1895 *SLOOP SPRAY 37 FEET 9 TONS * 1898 THE SPRAY WAS LAUNCHED NEAR THIS SITE AND RETURNED HERE AFTER HER VOYAGE THIS PLAQUE GIVEN BY THE CITIZENS OF FAIRHAVEN 1958

TO HONOR THE CENTENNIAL OF CAPTAIN JOSHUA SLOCUM'S VOYAGE APRIL 24, 1995 - JUNE 27, 1998 THE CAPTAIN JOSHUA SLOCUM CENTENNIAL COMMITTEE

GARRISON LOT North side of Howland Street near the foot of Garrrison Street, North Fairhaven

THIS BOLDER MARKS THE  SPOT WHERE  BARRACKS WERE  PLACED FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROTECTING THE EARLY INHABITANTS DURING THE INDIAN WARS THESE BARRACKS WERE ERECTED BY JOHN COOKE THE LAST SURVIVING PILGRIM OF THOSE WHO CAME OVER IN THE MAYFLOWER AND THE FIRST WHITE MAN TO SETTLE IN THIS TOWN