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THE MAIN LINE OF DEFENCES REVOLUTIONARY WAR MEMORIAL PLAQUE

THE MAIN LINE OF DEFENCES REVOLUTIONARY WAR MEMORIAL PLAQUE
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Location: TRINITY CEMETERY-BROADWAY AND 153RD STREET

City: NEW YORK

State: New York

Zip Code: 10027

Type of Memorial: Plaques On Stone

Year Dedicated: 1901

Access: Cemetery

Wars Commemorated: REVOLUTIONARY WAR

Photograph By: BILL COUGHLIN

Submitted By: COURTESY OF HMdb.org

UPON THIS SITE AND ACROSS THESE HEIGHTS STOOD THE MAIN LINE OF DEFENCES THROWN UP BY WASHINGTON’S ARMY SEPTEMBER 1776. IT WAS HELD UNTIL FORT WASHINGTON FELL ON NOVEMEBER 16TH, WHEN PART OF THE FIGHTING OCCURRED AT THIS POINT.


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