DEFENSE OF FORT DEARBORN MEMORIAL
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Listing Details
Type of Memorial: Stone Carving Memorials
Year Dedicated: 1928
Access: Public
Wars Commemorated: WAR OF 1812
Photograph By: BARRY SWACKHAMER
Submitted By: COURTESY OF HMdb.org
DEFENSE OF FORT DEARBORN STOOD ALMOST ON THIS SPOT. AFTER A HEROIC DEFENSE IN 1812, THE GARRISON TOGETHER WITH WOMEN AND CHILDREN WAS FORCED TO EVACUATE THE FORT. LED BY CAPTAIN WELLS THEY WERE BRUTALLY MASSACRED BY THE INDIANS. THEY WILL BE CHERISHED AS MARTYRS IN OUR EARLY HISTORY.
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