Ship Shield Marker
A large boulder near the riverbank marks the spot where the ship Shield,
the first to arrive in Burlington after the city was settled, moored. The
ship was tied to a large buttonwood tree on December 10, 1678. The
passengers and crew remained on board overnight, and in the morning were
surprised to find the surface of the Delaware River frozen so thick that
they were able to walk ashore.
Green Bank, the estate of Royal Governor William
Franklin, once stood behind this marker, on the site now occupied by
the Veterans of Foreign Wars hall.
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