The Thomas Paine Monument in New Rochelle, New York.Statue in Morristown, New Jersey sculpted in 1950 by Georg J. Lober. It shows a seated Paine with a musket using a drum-head as a makeshift table.Bordentown, New JerseyPaine monument in Thetford, England, the birthplace of Paine, with a quill pen in his right hand and an inverted copy of The Rights of Man in his left, was sculpted by Sir Charles Wheeler, President of the Royal Academy, and erected in 1964.Sculpture by Marcus Cornish commissioned by an anonymous donor and unveiled outside Lewes Library in Lewes, UK in 2010. Image credit: Lewes Town Council.The Thomas Paine statue in the Parc Montsouris, in Paris, France, was created by Gutzon Borglum, the sculptor of Mount Rushmore, It depicts Paine standing before the French National Convention to plead for the life of King Louis XVI – FlickrPlaque at the birthplace of Thomas Paine in Thetford, England erected by the Antiquities Borough of Thetford – Flickr“Old School” at Thetford Grammar School. This was a one-room school at the time Thomas Paine was a pupil from 1744 to 1749 – British Listed BuildingsPlaque at Bull House, an inn located in the heart of Lewes, England where Thomas Paine frequently visited to debate politics and form political connections before he moved to America. – Photo by Simon HarriyottBull House, an inn located at 92 Lewes High Street in Lewes, England where Paine lived from 1768 to 1774. Paine lived here after coming to Lewes to take up a position as an exciseman. He found lodging with Samuel Ollive – an established and respected grocer and tobacconist. In 1771, Paine married Elizabeth Ollive, the daughter of his recently deceased landlord. Thomas and Elizabeth took on Samuel’s tobacco and grocery business. It was whilst living at Bull House that Paine wrote his political pamphlet ‘The Case of the Officers of Excise’ in 1772, asking Parliament for better pay and working conditions for excisemen. – Photo by PoliphiloThis plaque is attached to a building at Bull Lane in Lewes, England and informs visitors that Thomas Paine lived in this house from 1768 to 1774. – Photo by Simon HarriyottMarker in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania indicating the location of Robert Aitken’s printshop with the inscription reading in part, Aitken ‘published the Journals of Congress, its official proceedings, and The Pennsylvania Magazine which introduced the writings of Thomas Paine to America’. Erected in 2012 – Pennsylvania Historical and Museum CommissionMarker in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania with the inscription, ‘At his print shop here, Robert Bell published the first edition of Thomas Paine’s revolutionary pamphlet [Common Sense] in January 1776. Arguing for a republican form of government under a written constitution, it played a key role in rallying American support for independence.’ Erected in 1993 by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission – Photo by J. J. PratsThomas Paine marker in Fort Lee, New Jersey commemorating the time he was a volunteer for the Continental Army and passed through the town in 1776. After the successful British invasion of New York. Paine then went to Fort Lee where General Nathaniel Greene appointed him as one of his aides. With the British invasion of New Jersey, Fort Lee had to be abandoned in haste on November 20th. The memorial claims that while stationed at Fort Lee, he authored “The American Crisis”. Erected 2004 by Borough of Fort Lee – Photo by Bill CoughlinPlaque at “New Bridge” that was built here in 1745. Describing the American retreat from Fort Lee on November 20, 1776, eyewitness Thomas Paine wrote in The American Crisis, “Our first objective was to secure the bridge over the Hackensack, which laid up the river between the enemy and us”. Erected by Bergen County Historical Society – Photo by Bill CoughlinMarker in New Brunswick, New Jersey shows the house of Henry Guest. A 1951 New Brunswick Sunday Times article theorizes Thomas Paine’s rumored stay at his friend Guest’s house may have been in early December 1776, where he was in hiding just before the city fell to the British. Paine is said to have been in the midst of writing ‘The American Crisis’ during his stay – Photo by Bill CoughlinCookes House, also known as Tom Paine’s House, is a historic home located at 438-440 Codorus Street in York, Pennsylvania. It is believed to have been the home of Paine while the Second Continental Congress convened in York from September 30, 1777 to June 27, 1778 – Library of CongressA marker from the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission shows Francis Bailey’s Printshop in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. The inscription reads, ‘Francis Bailey, official printer to both the U.S. Congress and the Commonwealth, operated a printing office on this site from 1773 to 1780. Here, he produced many historic imprints including Thomas Paine’s “Crisis No. 4″‘ – Pennsylvania Historical and Museum CommissionThomas Paine’s writing table where he wrote The Rights of Man. The table belonged to Thomas Clio Rickman whom Paine stayed with in 1792 at number 7 Upper Marylebone Street, London before fleeing to France following the publication of The Rights of Man. At the collection of Thomas Paine Artifacts at the People’s History Museum, Manchester, England – Photo from ‘Ordinary Philosophy’Thomas Paine marker in the Odéon neighborhood in Paris. English translation of the inscription: English by birth, American by adoption, French by decree. Lived in this building from 1797 to 1802. He put his passion for liberty to the service of the French Revolution, was a deputy to the Convention, and wrote Rights of Man. “When opinions are free, the force of truth always prevails.” – Photo by Andrew RuppensteinA marker in Bordentown, New Jersey shows the location of the house Thomas Paine bought in 1783 where he lived periodically until his death. Bordentown is the only place in the world where Paine bought property. Erected by the State of New Jersey – Photo by Devry Becker JonesThe Thomas Paine Cottage in New Rochelle, New York. The New York State Legislature awarded Paine 320 acres in New Rochelle in 1784 for his service in the Revolutionary War after confiscating the land from a British loyalist. Paine lived in this cottage from 1802 to 1806 – US National Park ServiceDrawing of Cornelius Ryder’s house at Number 293 Bleeker Street in Manhattan where Paine lived with Madame Bonneville and her two sons until May 1809. Paine can be seen sitting in the window – The New York Public LibraryMaps showing the residence of Thomas Paine before, and at his death on June 8th, 1809, at Greenwich in the City of New York and also the house where he lived and the site of the building in which he died. Made in 1864 for David T. Valentine, C.C. by John Randel. Oriented with north to the upper right. – The New York Public LibraryThis plaque hangs on the outside wall of a brick building on Grove Street in Greenwich Village in New York City on the site where Thomas Paine died on June 8, 1809. It was placed on the June 9th, 1923 by the Greenwich Village Historical Society – FlickrThis plaque hangs in Manhattan’s Greenwich Village Historic District. When Paine died, a new street was opened in the rear of the house in which he died. It was named Reason Street in honor of Paine’s ‘Age of Reason’. Reason degenerated to Raisin Street, but was renamed Barrow Street after a campaign by a powerful nearby church opposed to Paine gathered public support. Barrow Street retains its name until this day – Photo by Barry SwackhamerPaine’s New Rochelle Monument is a 12-foot marble column marking his original burial site. Paine’s New Rochelle Monument is a 12-foot marble column marking his original burial site. In 1837, Gilbert Vale, editor of the New York Beacon, started a subscription for the purpose of erecting a monument that was dedicated on May 30th, 1881. Sculptor William Macdonald created the bronze bust that was placed upon the monument on May 30th, 1899 – FlickrThomas Paine historical marker in New Rochelle. The marker says in part, “Paine buried here until 1819” – FlickrSign of Thomas Paine Park in Manhattan in the heart of New York City’s civic center that encompasses New York City Hall, One Police Plaza, and the courthouses in Foley Square. The land that is now Thomas Paine Park was once part of a freshwater swamp surrounded, ironically, by three former British prisons for revolutionaries, The park is marked by a fountain called ‘The Triumph of the Human Spirit’ – Photo by Silver DoveletThe Thomas Paine Obelisk located in Angel Square, Islington, London. Commissioned by BICC Developments Ltd and created by artist Kevin Jordan, the sculpture was unveiled on June 13, 1991. It commemorates the 200th anniversary of the publication of Paine’s ‘Rights of Man’, which he wrote while living nearby. Each face of the bronze obelisk is decorated with relief work and inscriptions – Photo by Matt BrownThis plaque is attached to the wall of the Thomas Paine Hotel in Thetford, England. The plaque is dated October 21st, 1943 and was erected during World War II through the ‘voluntary contributions of soldiers of an American Airforce Group’ – Photo by Stephen McKay
To our nation’s discredit, Thomas Paine, the man Thomas Jefferson called “the Father of the Revolution,” has no national memorial in Washington, D.C. The Thomas Paine Memorial Association was founded to raise a long-overdue monument to honor Thomas Paine in the heart of our nation’s capital. Read about their efforts and give your support by clicking here.
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