On Monday, May 7, members of the Robert Gray Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution will dedicate the restored Loan Tree Marker at Ocean Shores.

In 1792, Captain Gray “discovered” the entrance to what came to be called Grays Harbor, then home to hundreds of Native Americans. According to legend he was guided into the harbor by a tall Coastal Spruce, a “lone tree’’ on the horizon at what is now Damon Point in Ocean Shores.

In 1911, the Robert Gray Chapter of the DAR created and dedicated the “Lone Tree Marker” near the spruce that guided Gray and later mariners. The plaque reads: “Tradition links this tree with the name of Captain Robert Gray who on May 7th 1792 entered this Harbor in his ship Columbia. This tablet was erected in his honor by the Robert Gray Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution May 7th, 1911. The site was donated by Mr. A. O. Damon.”

The original spruce was destroyed by a storm in the 1930s and the original boulder on which the plaque was mounted was later lost to the sea due to erosion. The plaque was rescued, remounted and twice moved to new locations, most recently near the Ocean Shores Community Club.

The renovated monument will be given to the care of the Coastal Interpretive Center at a ceremony at 1 p.m., May 7. The Alexander Hamilton Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution from Tacoma will serve as a Color Guard and appear in colonial costume. Members of the Robert Gray Chapter will also wear colonial costume.

The public is invited to the dedication at the Coastal Interpretive Center, 1033 Catala Ave. SE in Ocean Shores.