National War Memorial Registry, War Memorial Catalog Of United States

ACROSS THESE FIELDS IN THE EARLY LIGHT OF THE THIRD OF JANUARY 1777, WASHINGTON'S CONTINENTALS DEFEATED BRITISH REGULARS FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE LONG STRUGGLE FOR AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE. IN THE MEMORIAL GROVE BEYOND YOU, THOSE WHO FELL IN THE BATTLE OF PRINCETON, BOTH AMERICAN AND BRITISH, LIE BURIED. THE HISTORIC PORTICO IN WHICH YOU STAND WAS RE-ERECTED HERE TO MARK THE ENTRANCE TO THE TOMB OF THESE UNKNOWN SOLDIERS OF THE REVOLUTION. SEE ALSO-TOMB OF UNKNOWN SOLDIERS OF THE REVOLUTION MEMORIAL PORTICO