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TOMB OF UNKNOWN SOLDIERS OF THE REVOLUTION MEMORIAL PLAQUE

TOMB OF UNKNOWN SOLDIERS OF THE REVOLUTION MEMORIAL PLAQUE
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Location: PRINCETON BATTLEFIELD STATE PARK

City: PRINCETON

State: New Jersey

Zip Code: 8540

Type of Memorial: War Memorial Tree Groves

Year Dedicated: 1959

Access: Public

Wars Commemorated: REVOLUTIONARY WAR

Photograph By: GARY NIGH

Submitted By: COURTESY OF HMdb.org

ACROSS THESE FIELDS IN THE EARLY LIGHT OF THE THIRD OF JANUARY 1777, WASHINGTON’S CONTINENTALS DEFEATED BRITISH REGULARS FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE LONG STRUGGLE FOR AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE. IN THE MEMORIAL GROVE BEYOND YOU, THOSE WHO FELL IN THE BATTLE OF PRINCETON, BOTH AMERICAN AND BRITISH, LIE BURIED. THE HISTORIC PORTICO IN WHICH YOU STAND WAS RE-ERECTED HERE TO MARK THE ENTRANCE TO THE TOMB OF THESE UNKNOWN SOLDIERS OF THE REVOLUTION.
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