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Location: ELWOOD PARK

City: DANBURY

State: Connecticut

Zip Code: 6810

Type of Memorial: Plaques On Stone

Access: Public

Wars Commemorated: REVOLUTIONARY WAR

Photograph By: MICHAEL HERRICK


THE REVOLUTIONARY VILLAGE WHICH CENTERED ABOUT THIS GREEN WITH ITS STORES OF SUPPLIES FOR THE ARMY WAS SACKED AND BURNED BY A FORCE OF TWO THOUSAND BRITISH APRIL 26, 1777. WARNED OF THE GATHERING MILITIA THE RAIDERS DEPARTED NEXT MORNING IN HASTE BUT WERE ATTACKED AND HARASSED BY THE RISING COLONIALS AND DRIVEN TO THE SHELTER OF THEIR BOATS ON THE SOUND.
THEY KINDLED A FIRE THAT BLAZED AT SARATOGA


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