From this spot, where the Old State House stood, an expedition of frontiersmen under Col. Richard Henderson, led by Daniel Boone, started for Kentucky on March 17, 1776. “And they marched away solemnly as if going to the ends of the world.” Near by are buried 1 signer of the Declaration of Independence, 2 governors, and 2 chief justices. In tablet is metal of U.S.S. Maine.