FORT SULLIVAN REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS WAR MEMORIAL

HERE WITHIN THE CONFINES OF FORT SULLIVAN WERE BURIED AUGUST 14, 1779 SEVERAL SOLDIERS KILLED THE PREVIOUS DAY IN A SKIRMISH AT CHEMUNG AS ATTESTED BY SOLOMON TALADA SOLDIER IN THE RANKS WHO RETURNED TO LIVE IN ATHENS THE REST OF HIS LIFE. THIS STATEMENT WAS CORROBORATED BY FINDING SKELETONS PREVIOUS TO 1839

Location

Address: SOUTH MAIN STREET AND TIOGA STREET

City: ATHENS

State: Pennsylvania

Zip Code: 18810

Details

Memorial Type: Plaques On Stone

Access: Public

Wars Commemorated: REVOLUTIONARY WAR

Year Dedicated: 1929

Photograph By: CRAIG SWAIN

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