COLONEL ETHAN ALLEN REVOLUTIONARY WAR MEMORIAL PLAQUE
DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF THE GALLANT BAND OF PATRIOTS LED BY COLONEL ETHAN ALLEN WHO ON 10TH OF MAY, 1775 CAPTURED THIS IMPORTANT FORTRESS AND SECURED FOR THE AMERICANS A VALUABLE BASE OF OPERATION ON LAKES GEORGE AND CHAMPLAIN. THE RELIEF DEPICTS ETHAN ALLEN DEMANDING THE BRITISH CAPTAIN DELAPLACE SURRENDER THE FORT "IN THE NAME OF THE GREAT JEHOVAH AND THE CONTINENTAL CONGRESS."
Location
Details
Memorial Type:
Bas-Reliefs
Access:
Public
Wars Commemorated:
REVOLUTIONARY WAR
Year Dedicated:
1900
Photograph By:
BILL COUGHLIN
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