THE DANBURY RAID REVOLUTIONARY WAR MEMORIAL
THE REVOLUTIONARY VILLAGE WHICH CENTERED ABOUT THIS GREEN WITH ITS STORES OF SUPPLIES FOR THE ARMY WAS SACKED AND BURNED BY A FORCE OF TWO THOUSAND BRITISH APRIL 26, 1777. WARNED OF THE GATHERING MILITIA THE RAIDERS DEPARTED NEXT MORNING IN HASTE BUT WERE ATTACKED AND HARASSED BY THE RISING COLONIALS AND DRIVEN TO THE SHELTER OF THEIR BOATS ON THE SOUND.
THEY KINDLED A FIRE THAT BLAZED AT SARATOGA
THEY KINDLED A FIRE THAT BLAZED AT SARATOGA
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Listing Details
- Public
- REVOLUTIONARY WAR
- Plaques On Stone
- ELWOOD PARK
- 06810
- MICHAEL HERRICK
- COURTESY OF HMdb.org
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