GENERAL RICHARD BUTLER WAR MEMORIAL PLAQUE
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Listing Details
Type of Memorial: War Memorial Honor Plaques, Panels. Stones (Individuals)
Year Dedicated: 1917
Access: Public
Wars Commemorated: REVOLUTIONARY WAR
Photograph By: MIKE WINTERMANTEL
Submitted By: COURTESY OF HMdb.org
IN MEMORY OF GENERAL RICHARD BUTLER BORN IN IRELAND. ONE OF FIVE BROTHERS SOLDIERS DISTINGUISHED FOR BRAVERY AND DEVOTED SERVICE.
HE WAS CAPTAIN 2D. PENNSYLVANIA BATTALION 1776.
COLONEL 9TH. PENNSYLVANIA REGIMENT 1777.
MAJOR GENERAL UNITED STATES LEVIES 1791.
KILLED IN ACTION AGAINST THE INDIANS ON MIAMI 1791 AND IN WHOSE HONOR BUTLER COUNTY WAS NAMES.
“WHEN I WANT A THING WELL DONE I ORDER A BUTLER TO DO IT.”
LAFAYETTE
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