National War Memorial Registry, War Memorial Catalog Of United States

TO THE HEROIC MEMORY OF SARGENT WILLIAM JASPER WHO THOUGH MORTALLY WOUNDED RESCUED THE COLORS OF HIS REGIMENT IN THE ASSAULT ON THE BRITISH LINES ABOUT THIS CITY OCTOBER 9TH, 1779. A CENTURY HAS NOT DIMMED THE GLORY OF THE IRISH AMERICAN SOLDIER WHOSE LAST TRIBUTE TO CIVIL LIBERTY WAS HIS NOBEL LIFE. 1779-1879 SEE ALSO-SGT. JASPER WAR MEMORIAL BASE-RELIEFS A, B, & C