Arnold’s

Picket driven in

Jany 4th 1781

By

Col. J. Nicholas

(south face)

This pylon, re-created in granite and containing a replica of the original 1834 inscription, was re-dedicated April 17, 1991, by the Sons of the Revolution in the State of Virginia

(west face)

The central pylon was erected about 1834 to mark the site in this vicinity where Benedict Arnold’s attack during the Revolution was repulsed. Re-erected 1948 by the Sons of the Revolution in the State of Virginia

(east face)

The original inscription read: “Arnold’s Picket driven in Jany 4th 1781 by Col. J. Nicholas”

Marker is at the intersection of Grove Avenue and North Mulberry Street, on the right when traveling west on Grove Avenue.

Courtesy hmdb.org

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