PETER FRANCISCO REVOLUTIONARY WAR MEMORIAL

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IN HONOR OF PETER FRANCISCO THE HERCULES OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. FOR HIS HEROISM GENERAL GREENE PRESENTED HIM WITH AN ENGRAVED RAZOR CASE, INSCRIBED: "PETER FRANCISCO, NEW STONE, BUCKINGHAM COUNTY, VA, A TRIBUTE TO HIS MORAL WORTH AND VALOR. FROM HIS COMRADE IN ARMS, NATHANAEL GREENE."

Location

Address: FERRY STREET AND EDISON PLACE
City: NEWARK
State:
Zip Code: 07105

Details

Memorial Type: Obelisks War Monument
Access: Public
Wars Commemorated: REVOLUTIONARY WAR
Year Dedicated: 1976
Photograph By: BILL COUGHLIN
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