REVOLUTIONARY WAR MEMORIAL CANNON PLAQUE
IN THE FALL OF 1775 THIS CANNON AIDED IN THE REPULSE OF THE CONTINENTAL FORCE UNDER GENERAL RICHARD MONTGOMERY, WHO WAS MORTALLY WOUNDED WHILE ATTEMPTING TO CAPTURE IT. LATER AFTER BEING CAPTURED BY CONTINENTAL FORCES GENERAL WASHINGTON PRESENTED THIS CANNON TO TROOPS FROM ELIZABETHTOWN WHO HAD ACTED AS A RESERVE.
SEE ALSO-REVOLUTIONARY WAR MEMORIAL CANNON
Location
Details
Memorial Type:
Cannon War Memorials with Plaques
Access:
Public
Wars Commemorated:
REVOLUTIONARY WAR
Year Dedicated:
1905
Photograph By:
BILL COUGHLIN
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