MOUNT INDEPENDENCE REVOLUTIONARY WAR MEMORIAL
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Listing Details
Type of Memorial: Plaques On Stone
Year Dedicated: 1976
Access: Public
Wars Commemorated: REVOLUTIONARY WAR
Photograph By: BILL COUGHLIN
Submitted By: COURTESY OF HMdb.org
BECAUSE OF THE FORTS COMMANDING POSITION, AND FORMIDABLE BATTLE WORKS IT CHECKED FOR A YEAR A BRITISH THRUST SOUTHWARD. THIS CRITICAL YEAR OF REPRIEVE GAVE THE AMERICAN FORCES TIME TO ORGANIZE FARTHER SOUTH, MEET AND DESTROY GENERAL BURGOYNE AT SARATOGA, WIN FRENCH SUPPORT, AND EVENTUALLY SUBDUE GENERAL CORNWALLIS AT YORKTOWN, FULFILLING THE PROPHECY OF THE MOUNTAIN’S NAME.
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