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Location
In the shelter at The Parade, Cowes, Isle of Wight Description Metal memorial plaque, erected 1933 to mark 300th anniversary of the sailing of the "Ark" and the "Dove" to the Americas. See also the Memorial plaque erected in 1983. |
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Memorial
Above is a photo taken in 1933 showing Simpson Charles Wadham as chairman of Cowes Urban District Council looking at a plaque erected on Cowes Parade commemorating 300 years since the sailing of the Ark & the Dove from Cowes to Maryland in the USA. The lady with him is Miss Magruder a direct descendant of John Biscoe who was an original settler. Photo courtesy of Barry Groves click on images to enlarge |
Inscription
On the 22nd day of November AD 1633 Leonard Calvert brother of Cecil Calvert, Baron of Baltimore, with his co-adventurers, set sail from this port in the Ark and the Dove to establish in America the Palatinate of Maryland, under a charter granted by the King of England, which conferred upon the people of Maryland all the Rights of Englishmen, to be theirs in perpetuity - Rights which the people of Maryland have ever cherished as their greatest, most valued heritage. Upon the site, granted by the Cowes Urban District Council to the Society of the Ark and the Dove this tablet is erected, November 22, 1933. The State of Maryland. |