MOLLY PITCHER REVOLUTIONARY WAR MEMORIAL
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Listing Details
Type of Memorial: War Memorial Honor Plaques, Panels. Stones (Individuals)
Year Dedicated: 1978
Access: Public
Wars Commemorated: REVOLUTIONARY WAR
Photograph By: BILL COUGHLIN
Submitted By: COURTESY OF HMdb.org
MOLLY PITCHER (AKA: MARY LUDWIG HAYS MCCAULY)DURING THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, SHE ACCOMPANIED HER HUSBAND TO THE BATTLE OF MONMOUTH AND CARRIED PITCHERS OF WATER FOR COOLING CANNONS, THEREBY EARNING HER NICKNAME. SUPPOSEDLY, AFTER HER HUSBAND COLLAPSED, SHE TOOK HIS PLACE AT THE CANNON AND SERVED HEROICALLY THROUGH THE BATTLE. SHE DIED IN 1832.
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