SIGNAL BEACON AND “OLD SOW” WAR MEMORIAL
HERE IN THE TIME OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION STOOD THE SIGNAL BEACON AND BY ITS SIDE THE CANNON KNOWN AS THE "OLD SOW" WHICH IN TIME OF DANGER AND INVASION SUMMONED THE PATRIOTIC "MINUTE MEN" OF THIS VICINITY TO THE DEFENSE OF THE COUNTRY AND THE REPULSE OF THE INVADER.
Location
Details
Memorial Type:
Plaques On Stone
Access:
Public
Wars Commemorated:
REVOLUTIONARY WAR
Year Dedicated:
1896
Photograph By:
BILL COUGHLIN
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