COL. WILLIAM GRAYSON MEMORIAL BANDSTAND
WHEN THE AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR BEGAN, GRAYSON VOLUNTEERED, AND BECAME AN AIDE-DE-CAMP TO GEORGE WASHINGTON, GRAYSON ROSE TO THE RANK OF LIEUTENANT COLONEL. IN 1777, WILLIAM GRAYSON RECRUITED A REGIMENT FOR THE CONTINENTAL ARMY KNOW AS GRAYSON'S REGIMENT, AND SERVED AS ITS COLONEL THROUGH THE PHILADELPHIA CAMPAIGN.
Location
Details
Memorial Type:
Veterans Memorial Bandstands
Access:
Public
Wars Commemorated:
REVOLUTIONARY WAR
Year Dedicated:
1976
Photograph By:
KEVIN WHITE
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