THE UPPER FORT 1777 REVOLUTIONARY WAR MEMORIAL
COMMEMORATING THE UPPER FORT WHICH STOOD ON THE KNOLL 1966FT S-50 E, OF THIS MARKER. HERE ON OCT. 17TH 1780 WAS FIRED THE FIRST GUN WHICH SIGNALED A WARNING ENABLING THE FORT BELOW TO PREPARE FOR THE SUCCESSFUL DEFENSE AGAINST THE ATTACK OF THE BRITISH AND INDIANS UNDER JOHNSON AND BRANDT.
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Memorial Type:
Plaques On Stone
Access:
Public
Wars Commemorated:
REVOLUTIONARY WAR
Year Dedicated:
Photograph By:
HOWARD C. OHLHOUS
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