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HERE THE BATTLE OF ORISKANY WAS FOUGHT WAR MEMORIAL

HERE THE BATTLE OF ORISKANY WAS FOUGHT WAR MEMORIAL
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Location: ROME ORISKANY ROAD

City: ORISKANY

State: New York

Zip Code: 13424

Type of Memorial: Obelisks War Monument

Year Dedicated: 1883

Access: Public

Wars Commemorated: REVOLUTIONARY WAR

Photograph By: DALE K. BENINGTON

Submitted By: COURTESY OF HMdb.org

HERE THE BATTLE OF ORISKANY WAS FOUGHT ON THE SIXTH DAY OF AUGUST, AD 1777. HERE BRITISH INVASION WAS CHECKED AND THWARTED. HERE GENERAL NICHOLAS HERKIMER, INTREPID LEADER OF THE AMERICAN FORCES THO’ MORTALLY WOUNDED KEPT COMMAND OF THE FIGHT, TILL THE ENEMY FLED. THE LIFE-BLOOK OF MORE THAN TWO HUNDRED PATRIOT HEROES MADE THIS BATTLE GROUND SACRED FOREVER.


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