JOAB HOUGHTON REVOLUTIONARY WAR MEMORIAL
SUNDAY APRIL 23, 1775, NEWS OF THE BATTLE OF LEXINGTON REACHED HOPEWELL. WHILE THE PEOPLE WERE WORSHIPING IN THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH, AT THE CLOSE, JOAB HOUGHTON, STANDING ON THIS BLOCK, INSPIRED THE MEN WITH LOVE OF LIBERTY AND DESIRE FOR INDEPENDENCE. IN CLOSING HE SAID "MEN OF NEW JERSEY, THE REDCOATS ARE MURDERING OUR BRETHREN OF NEW ENGLAND! WHO FOLLOWS ME TO BOSTON?" EVERY MAN ANSWERED "I". ON OCTOBER 13, 1775, HE WAS MADE A CAPT. AND MARCH 15, 1777 A LIEUT. COL. AS A MEMORIAL TO HIM AND THESE EVENTS, THIS BLOCK WAR ERECTED JULY 4, 1896, BY THE PEOPLE OF HOPEWELL.
Location
Details
Memorial Type:
Stone Carving Memorials
Access:
Cemetery
Wars Commemorated:
REVOLUTIONARY WAR
Year Dedicated:
1896
Photograph By:
ALAN EDELSON
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