COL. WILLIAM GRAYSON MEMORIAL BANDSTAND
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Listing Details
Type of Memorial: Veterans Memorial Bandstands
Year Dedicated: 1976
Access: Public
Wars Commemorated: REVOLUTIONARY WAR
Photograph By: KEVIN WHITE
Submitted By: COURTESY OF HMdb.org
WHEN THE AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR BEGAN, GRAYSON VOLUNTEERED, AND BECAME AN AIDE-DE-CAMP TO GEORGE WASHINGTON, GRAYSON ROSE TO THE RANK OF LIEUTENANT COLONEL. IN 1777, WILLIAM GRAYSON RECRUITED A REGIMENT FOR THE CONTINENTAL ARMY KNOW AS GRAYSON’S REGIMENT, AND SERVED AS ITS COLONEL THROUGH THE PHILADELPHIA CAMPAIGN.
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