SGT. JASPER WAR MEMORIAL
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Listing Details
Type of Memorial: Statues War or Military Related
Year Dedicated: 1879
Access: Public
Wars Commemorated: REVOLUTIONARY WAR
Photograph By: MIKE STROUD
Submitted By: COURTESY OF HMdb.org
TO THE HEROIC MEMORY OF SARGENT WILLIAM JASPER WHO THOUGH MORTALLY WOUNDED RESCUED THE COLORS OF HIS REGIMENT IN THE ASSAULT ON THE BRITISH LINES ABOUT THIS CITY OCTOBER 9TH, 1779. A CENTURY HAS NOT DIMMED THE GLORY OF THE IRISH AMERICAN SOLDIER WHOSE LAST TRIBUTE TO CIVIL LIBERTY WAS HIS NOBEL LIFE.
1779-1879
SEE ALSO-SGT. JASPER WAR MEMORIAL BASE-RELIEFS A, B, & C
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