MEMORIAL TO JANE MCCREA REVOLUTIONARY WAR MEMORIAL
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Listing Details
Type of Memorial: War Memorial Honor Plaques, Panels. Stones (Individuals)
Year Dedicated: 1901
Access: Public
Wars Commemorated: REVOLUTIONARY WAR
Photograph By: BILL COUGHLIN
Submitted By: COURTESY OF HMdb.org
JANE MCCREA WAS A YOUND WOMEN WHO WAS PURPORTEDLY SLAIN BY NATIVE AMERICANS ASSOCIATED WITH THE BRITISH ARMY OF LIEUTENANT GENERAL JOHN BURGOYNE DURING THE AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR. HER SLAYING LET TO EXPRESSIONS OF OUTRAGE AND AN INCREASE IN PATRIOT MILITARY RECRUITING. THE STORY OF HER LIFE AND DEATH ENTERED AMERICAN FOLKLORE, AND WAS USED BY JAMES FENIMORE COOPER IN “THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS.”
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