HONORARY
MARKER IN
TRAVELERS
REST, SC
[Inscription
of top plaque]
"On This Site
Stood The Home
Of
Laodicea Langston
Springfield
1759 -
1837
Heroine of
The American
Revolution
To Her Daring
And Courage
Many Patriots
Owed Their Lives
This Rock Was
A Hearthstone
In Her Home
Erected By The
Nathaniel Greene
Charter, D.A.R.
1933"
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[Inscription
of bottom plaque]
"Laodicea (Dicey)
Langston
May 14, 1766
- May 23, 1837
Wife of
Thomas Springfield
July 15, 1766
- March 21, 1845
(corrected 1966)"
[Dicey
Langston decendant, Paula Gayle Langston
from Irmo, SC,
is pictured with the monument]
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Directions
to Dicey Langston's D.A.R. Marker: Highway
25, just north of Traveler's Rest, South Carolina, turn right onto Old
Tigerville Road. Approximately 1.5 miles, the Marker is in the front yard
of a private residence on the right side, just across the road from a Baptist
Church.
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Also, visit The Story of "Daring Dicey" Langston!
The Patriot Wore Petticoats
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