AMWELL MILITIA REVOLUTIONARY WAR MEMORIAL
ERECTED IN MEMORY OF THE CITIZEN SOLDIERS OF AMWELL TOWNSHIP WHO, COMMANDED BY CAPTAIN JOHN SCHENCK, ON DECEMBER 14TH 1776, MET AND DROVE FROM THIS FIELD A COLUMN OF THE BRITISH 16TH LIGHT DRAGOONS, AFTER KILLING THEIR COMMANDER, CORNET FRANCIS GEARY.
Location
Details
Memorial Type:
Stone Carving Memorials
Access:
Public
Wars Commemorated:
REVOLUTIONARY WAR
Year Dedicated:
1976
Photograph By:
ALAN EDELSON
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