Soldiers of the American Revolution
- 1776 –
(Front of Monument):
In commemoration of the Soldiers of the American Revolution - 1776 – Erected by the State of New Jersey under the auspices of the Fort Lee Revolutionary Monument Association - 1908 –
(Left of Monument):
“Rebelmen”
These traprocks, aged two hundred million years, stand eternally, natural monuments towering high for the rebels and their cause for rebels without cause can quickly fall. See to it now your voices rise in peace for the ears of generations yet to learn they have the power to abolish wars.
Dan Mahoney
(Tablet on the Rock):
225 years ago patriot Thomas Paine wrote about his experience in Fort Lee in "The Crisis". He spoke of "summer soldiers" and "sunshine patriots". Those were the times that tried men’s souls. At that, the darkest hour of our American Revolution, Paine, General Washington and the troops of the American Army turned Retreat into Victory. The retreat road out of Fort Lee led to the establishment of our America. The world was turned upside down by those brave patriots. We rededicate this monument to their cause, American Liberty.
November 20, 2001
225th Anniversary of the Retreat to Victory
Retreat to Victory Committee
Fort Lee Mayor & Council
Fort Lee Historic Committee
Fort Lee Historical Society
Marker is on Palisade Avenue, on the left when traveling south.
Courtesy hmdb.org
