REVOLUTIONARY WAR MEMORIAL CANNON PLAQUE

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IN THE FALL OF 1775 THIS CANNON AIDED IN THE REPULSE OF THE CONTINENTAL FORCE UNDER GENERAL RICHARD MONTGOMERY, WHO WAS MORTALLY WOUNDED WHILE ATTEMPTING TO CAPTURE IT. LATER AFTER BEING CAPTURED BY CONTINENTAL FORCES GENERAL WASHINGTON PRESENTED THIS CANNON TO TROOPS FROM ELIZABETHTOWN WHO HAD ACTED AS A RESERVE. SEE ALSO-REVOLUTIONARY WAR MEMORIAL CANNON

Location

Address: 2 BROAD STREET
City: ELIZABETH
State:
Zip Code: 07201

Details

Memorial Type: Cannon War Memorials with Plaques
Access: Public
Wars Commemorated: REVOLUTIONARY WAR
Year Dedicated: 1905
Photograph By: BILL COUGHLIN
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