Here landedThe British Troopsunder the command ofGeneralsTryon and Garth,Saturday evening,July 10, 1779,preparatory to theBurning of Norwalk,July 11, 1779.—————Marked byNorwalk Chapter, D.A.R.1899.
The earliest homes wereplanted in the near vicinityof this stone.The first Meeting Housedirectly opposite. West.—————-Erected by the NorwalkChapter of the Daughtersof the AmericanRevolution.1895