HAYM SALOMON REVOLUTIONARY WAR MEMORIAL BACK

THIS PLAQUE IS DEDICATED TO HAYM SALOMON IN RECOGNITION OF HIS TIMELESS EFFORTS ON BEHALF OF THE REVOLUTIONARY ARMY. SALOMON A POLISH JEWISH IMMIGRANT, WAS SO IMBUED WITH THE SPIRIT OF FREEDOM, HE, WITHOUT MUCH ASSISTANCE, FINANCED THE AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR BY HIS INEXHAUSTIBLE FUND-RAISING. THOUGH HIS HEALTH WAS RUINED DURING HIS IMPRISONMENT BY THE BRITISH, SALOMON’S FAITH IN JUDAISM NEVER FALTERED, NOR DID HIS BELIEF IN THE GREATNESS OF OUR COUNTRY. WHILE HE RAISED HUNDREDS OF THOUSAND OF DOLLARS FOR THE WAR EFFORT, SALOMON, IRONICALLY, DIED PENNILESS.