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FORT PUTNAM REVOLUTIONARY WAR MEMORIAL PLAQUE II

FORT PUTNAM REVOLUTIONARY WAR MEMORIAL PLAQUE II
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Location: UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY

City: WEST POINT

State: New York

Zip Code: 10996

Type of Memorial: Plaques On Stone

Access: Military Base

Wars Commemorated: REVOLUTIONARY WAR

Photograph By: BILL COUGHLIN

Submitted By: COURTESY OF HMdb.org

FORT PUTNAM WAS THE KEY DEFENSIVE WORKS IN WEST POINTS FORTIFIED ZONE DURING THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. IT WAS CONSTRUCTED IN 1778 BY SOLDIERS OF THE 5TH MASSACHUSETTS REGIMENT AND NAMED FOR THE REGIMENTAL COMMANDER, COLONEL RUFUS PUTNAM. FORT PUTNAM WAS BUILT TO PROTECT FORT CLINTON (ORIGINALLY FORT ARNOLD) FROM INLAND ATTACK.


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