Scituate 17-Aug-03

Old Scituate Lighthouse, Cedar Point, Scituate

Plaque reads:

Old Scitutate Lighthouse

During the year 1810 the U.S. Congress voted $4000 to build a lighthouse at Scituate Harbor. During the War of 1812, Abigail and Rebecca Bates, young daughters of the lighthousekeeper, prevented a British Naval force from sacking the town by playing a fife and beating a drum. They have gone down in history as "The Army of Two" and their courageous act has been recorded in many textbooks and story books.

Scituate Historical Society