The Remarkable One-Armed Joe Forkey

This is

the flagpole

of

Plattsburgh Barracks

erected

by

the Remarkable One-Armed Joe Forkey

under the direction

of

Colonel Horace Jewett

21st Infantry

Commanding

this flagpole was used from

1894 to 1964

Marker is on U.S. Oval.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Credits and Sources:

HMDB