SIGNAL BEACON AND “OLD SOW” WAR MEMORIAL
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Listing Details
Type of Memorial: Plaques On Stone
Year Dedicated: 1896
Access: Public
Wars Commemorated: REVOLUTIONARY WAR
Photograph By: BILL COUGHLIN
Submitted By: COURTESY OF HMdb.org
HERE IN THE TIME OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION STOOD THE SIGNAL BEACON AND BY ITS SIDE THE CANNON KNOWN AS THE “OLD SOW” WHICH IN TIME OF DANGER AND INVASION SUMMONED THE PATRIOTIC “MINUTE MEN” OF THIS VICINITY TO THE DEFENSE OF THE COUNTRY AND THE REPULSE OF THE INVADER.
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