HERE THE BATTLE OF ORISKANY WAS FOUGHT WAR MEMORIAL
HERE THE BATTLE OF ORISKANY WAS FOUGHT ON THE SIXTH DAY OF AUGUST, AD 1777. HERE BRITISH INVASION WAS CHECKED AND THWARTED. HERE GENERAL NICHOLAS HERKIMER, INTREPID LEADER OF THE AMERICAN FORCES THO' MORTALLY WOUNDED KEPT COMMAND OF THE FIGHT, TILL THE ENEMY FLED. THE LIFE-BLOOK OF MORE THAN TWO HUNDRED PATRIOT HEROES MADE THIS BATTLE GROUND SACRED FOREVER.
Location
Details
Memorial Type:
Obelisks War Monument
Access:
Public
Wars Commemorated:
REVOLUTIONARY WAR
Year Dedicated:
1883
Photograph By:
DALE K. BENINGTON
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