Skip to main content

PRIVATE JOHN GRADY REVOLUTIONARY WAR MEMORIAL

PRIVATE JOHN GRADY REVOLUTIONARY WAR MEMORIAL
PRIVATE JOHN GRADY REVOLUTIONARY WAR MEMORIAL Click here to enlarge

Click on image to zoom

Listing Details

Report

Location: MOORES CREEK NATIONAL BATTLEFIELD PARK

City: CURRIE

State: North Carolina

Zip Code: 28435

Type of Memorial: Obelisks War Monument

Year Dedicated: 1857

Access: Public

Wars Commemorated: REVOLUTIONARY WAR

Submitted By: DOCSOUTH.UNC.EDU/COMMLAND/

HERE LIE THE REMAINS OF PRIVATE JOHN GRADY OF DUPLIN COUNTY WHO FELL BRAVELY FIGHTING FOR HIS COUNTRY. THE FIRST MARTYR IN THE CAUSE OF FREEDOM IN NORTH CAROLINA AND THE ONLY WHIG KILLED IN THIS BATTLE.
IN COMMEMORATION OF THE BATTLE OF MOORES BRIDGE, FOUGHT HERE 27TH FEBRUARY, 1776. THE FIRST VICTORY GAINED BY THE AMERICAN ARMS IN THE WAR OF THE REVOLUTION.


Support The Memorial Day Foundation's mission to protect, preserve, honor and remember our nation's war memorials

Donate Here

There are 70548 total listings in our War Memorial Registry