To The Unknown Patriotic Soldiers of Tryon County
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To The Unknown Patriotic Soldiers of Tryon County
Who Under The Leadership Of
Colonel Ebenezer Cox...Colonel Jacob Klock
Colonel Peter Bellinger...Colonel Frederick Visscher
Followed
— Herkimer —
Through the bloody Battle of Oriskany and here on August 6, 1777,
Checked St. Leger's advance upon Albany, administering the first defeat to the
Advancing columns of Burgoyne. Their patriotic sacrifices are commemorated by
The Mohawk Valley Historic Association in the erection of this monument.
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Erected By
Oriskany - Chapter
Daughters - American - Revolution
- A Tribute To -
Col. John W. Vrooman
• • • • •
Who federated the counties of
Oneida, Herkimer, Fulton, Montgomery,
Scdharie, and Schenectady into
• • • •
The Mohawk Valley
Historic Association
• • • •
Which led through popular subscription
to the purchase of this 48 acres
and the erection of the memorial
monument to the unknown dead
of the
Oriskany Battlefield
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These Posts
Erected By The
Oriskany Chapter
Daughters
of the
American Revolution
—— • ——
Organized with the
special object of making a
National Park
- of the -
Oriskany Battlefield
1929
Marker can be reached from Rome Oriskany Road (New York Route 69) 0.4 miles east of Monument Road, on the left when traveling east.
Courtesy hmdb.org
