FORT JENNINGS MEMORIAL MARKER
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Listing Details
Type of Memorial: War Memorial Historical Wayside Markers
Year Dedicated: 1955
Access: Public
Wars Commemorated: WAR OF 1812
Photograph By: DALE K. BENINGTON
Submitted By: COURTESY OF HMdb.org
ON SEPT 21, 1812 COL. WILLIAM JENNINGS, WITH HIS REGIMENT OF KENTUCKY RIFLEMEN, WAS ORDERED BY GEN. W.H. HARRISON TO ESTABLISH A FORT MIDWAY BETWEEN FORT BARBEE AND DEFIANCE. THE FORT WAS NAMED AFTER JENNINGS.
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