BENJAMIN FRANKLIN HARRISON M.D. MEMORIAL TREE PLAQUE
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Listing Details
Type of Memorial: Park Tree Memorial Plaques
Year Dedicated: REDEDICATED 2009
Access: Public
Wars Commemorated: CIVIL WAR
Photograph By: MICHAEL HERRICK
Submitted By: COURTESY OF HMdb.org
BORN IN 1811 ESTABLISHED A MEDICAL PRACTICE IN WALLINGFORD IN 1836. DR HARRISON WAS COMMISSIONED DURING THE CIVIL WAR AS A SURGEON TO A NEW YORK REGIMENT AT YORKTOWN, VA KNOWN AS “LES ENFANTS PERDUS” OR “THE LOST CHILDREN” AND SERVED UNTIL 1864.
THIS PARK LAND WAS DONATED BY HIS WIFE SARA B. HARRISON
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