Showing historical markers tagged with Us Revolutionary War
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM8P9_battle-of-red-bank_National-Park-NJ.html
This monument was erected on the 22 Oct 1829 to transmit positively a grateful remembrance of the patriotism & gallantry of Lieuit Colonel Christopher Greene who with 400 men defeated the Hessian army of 2000 troops then in the British Service at …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM12IZ_town-of-saratoga_Schuylerville-NY.html
Mother town of Saratoga CountyFirst European settlers 1688Established March 7, 1788Surrender site of Gen. Burgoyneto Gen. Gates Oct. 17, 1777
Revolutionary War Turning Point
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPFV_william-gee_Florence-SC.html
A veteran of the Revolution, William Gee served as a private with the Continental Line of N.C. and moved to this area before 1797. He was one of the original members of the Washington Society, organized in 1803 to establish an academy on Jeffries …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14PM_george-washington_Claremore-OK.html
"...knowledge is in every country the surest basis of public happiness, in one in which the measures of government receive their impression so immediately from the sense of the community as is ours it is proportionably essential..."First Annual Ad…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19GM_their-cannon-shot-reaching-every-part-of-our-camp_Schuylerville-NY.html
. . . [our] men lay continuously upon their arms [weapons], [with] the enemy incessantly cannonading us, and their rifle and cannon shot reaching every part of our camp..Thomas Anbury,ensign, 24th Regiment of FootImagine a heavy British cannon ro…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPLG_revolutionary-war-veterans_Kenosha-WI.html
(Side A)Born April 1757 in Stratford, CT, Abner Barlow moved to NH in 1772. At 20, Barlow enlisted as private in the NH Rangers, serving in Maj. Whitcomb's Independent Corps at the Battle of Bennington and the surrender of Burgoyne, Saratoga, NY. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMW9I_rev-john-corbley_Waynesburg-PA.html
A noted Baptist minister serving area congregations, Corbley was among some 150 men arrested by federal troops on the "Dreadful Night" of November 13, 1794. A vocal opponent of the excise tax on whiskey, he was the area's best known participant in…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1B67_those-who-served-our-country-buried-in-farmers-mills-area-cemeteries_Carmel-NY.html
In MemoryThose who Served our Country Buried in Farmers Mills Area Cemeteries
* Died in That ServiceJames Ballard CW · Chas. Bates CW · Wm. H. Brown CW · * Webster Brundage CW · * Alex. C. Clauson CW · Alonso …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11CB_american-soldiers-killed-june-17-1775_Boston-MA.html
Tablet #1:Connecticut Troops—————Roger Fox, William Cheeney, Asahel Lyon, Matthew Cummings, Samuel Ashbo, Gershom Smith, Benjamin Ross, Daniel Memory, Wilson RowlandsonSoldiers Unassigned————&m…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHKS_soldiers-of-1776-memorial_Watertown-CT.html
[ marker on the left column ] Soldiers of 1776Ensign Theophilus BaldwinCol. Aner BradleyBenaja BryanDavid BuckinghamThomas ColeYounglove CutlerSamuel DaytonDr. John EltonJonathan GarnseyCapt. Joseph GarnseyAshbel LovelandCapt. Isaac MerrimanJoash …