COLONEL ETHAN ALLEN REVOLUTIONARY WAR MEMORIAL PLAQUE
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Listing Details
Type of Memorial: Bas-Reliefs
Year Dedicated: 1900
Access: Public
Wars Commemorated: REVOLUTIONARY WAR
Photograph By: BILL COUGHLIN
Submitted By: COURTESY OF HMdb.org
DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF THE GALLANT BAND OF PATRIOTS LED BY COLONEL ETHAN ALLEN WHO ON 10TH OF MAY, 1775 CAPTURED THIS IMPORTANT FORTRESS AND SECURED FOR THE AMERICANS A VALUABLE BASE OF OPERATION ON LAKES GEORGE AND CHAMPLAIN. THE RELIEF DEPICTS ETHAN ALLEN DEMANDING THE BRITISH CAPTAIN DELAPLACE SURRENDER THE FORT “IN THE NAME OF THE GREAT JEHOVAH AND THE CONTINENTAL CONGRESS.”
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