THE UPPER FORT 1777 REVOLUTIONARY WAR MEMORIAL
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Listing Details
Type of Memorial: Plaques On Stone
Access: Public
Wars Commemorated: REVOLUTIONARY WAR
Photograph By: HOWARD C. OHLHOUS
Submitted By: COURTESY OF HMdb.org
COMMEMORATING THE UPPER FORT WHICH STOOD ON THE KNOLL 1966FT S-50 E, OF THIS MARKER. HERE ON OCT. 17TH 1780 WAS FIRED THE FIRST GUN WHICH SIGNALED A WARNING ENABLING THE FORT BELOW TO PREPARE FOR THE SUCCESSFUL DEFENSE AGAINST THE ATTACK OF THE BRITISH AND INDIANS UNDER JOHNSON AND BRANDT.
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