Lewis Temple

Historical marker location:

613 Pleasant Street, New Bedford, Massachusetts

( Marker is on Pleasant Street, on the left when traveling north.)

Marker installed: 1987

Blacksmith. Inventor of the Iron Toggle Harpoon Tip.

The Massachusetts state flag features a Native American warrior holding a bow and arrow, with a star representing Massachusetts above his head. The state motto, "Ense petit placidam sub libertate quietem" (By the sword we seek peace, but peace only under liberty), appears on a blue ribbon beneath the shield.