AMWELL MILITIA REVOLUTIONARY WAR MEMORIAL
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Listing Details
Type of Memorial: Stone Carving Memorials
Year Dedicated: 1976
Access: Public
Wars Commemorated: REVOLUTIONARY WAR
Photograph By: ALAN EDELSON
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ERECTED IN MEMORY OF THE CITIZEN SOLDIERS OF AMWELL TOWNSHIP WHO, COMMANDED BY CAPTAIN JOHN SCHENCK, ON DECEMBER 14TH 1776, MET AND DROVE FROM THIS FIELD A COLUMN OF THE BRITISH 16TH LIGHT DRAGOONS, AFTER KILLING THEIR COMMANDER, CORNET FRANCIS GEARY.
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