Captain Lambert Wickes
One of senior officers of Continental Navy in opening years of Revolutionary War. Noted for his daring raids on British shipping. In his Sloop of War Reprisal he took Benjamin Franklin to France in 1776. Was first American Naval Officer in European waters after Declaration of Independence. Born near here on Eastern Neck Island, c 1735. He was lost with his ship in storm off Newfoundland October 1, 1777. Franklin called him “a gallant officer, and a very worthy man.”
Marker is at the intersection of Maryland Route 20 and Main Street (Maryland Route 445), on the right when traveling west on State Route 20.
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