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TO DE KALB REVOLUTIONARY WAR MEMORIAL

TO DE KALB REVOLUTIONARY WAR MEMORIAL
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Location: BETHESDA PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH YARD

City: CAMDEN

State: South Carolina

Zip Code: 29020

Type of Memorial: Obelisks War Monument

Year Dedicated: 1825

Access: Public

Wars Commemorated: REVOLUTIONARY WAR

Photograph By: ANNA INBODY

Submitted By: COURTESY OF HMdb.org

HERE LIE THE REMAINS OF BARON DE KALB, GERMAN BY BIRTH, BUT IN PRINCIPLE, CITIZEN OF THE WORLD.
HE WAS SECOND IN COMMAND IN THE BATTLE FOUGHT NEAR CAMDEN, ON THE 16TH AUGUST 1780, BETWEEN THE BRITISH AND AMERICANS; AND THERE NOBLY FELL COVERED WITH WOUNDS, WHILE GALLANTLY PERFORMING DEEDS OF VALOR IN RALLYING THE FRIEND AND OPPOSING THE ENEMIES OF HIS ADOPTED COUNTRY.


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