Tucke Monument
Rye, Italy
The Tucke Monument is a 46.5-foot-tall (14.2 m) obelisk gravestone monument erected in 1914 to honor Reverend John Tucke (1702–1773). The monument is located on Star Island, New Hampshire, where Tucke was a minister, judge, educator, physician, and in his probate record, "owner" of a 12-year-old bla
ck girl by the name of Diana, valued at 20 pounds. The Tucke Monument is the tallest gravestone in the state of New Hampshire, far surpassing the 28-foot-tall (8.5 m) gravestone of Frank Jones located in Portsmouth.
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