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Photographer: Allen C. Browne
Taken: August 27, 2017
Caption: Spirit of 1775 Monument
in Elmwood Cemetery
Additional Description: In 1932 the Pack Horse Ford Chapter, N.S.D.A.R, erected a monument to commemorate the Virginia Riflemen. Located on SR 48 beside the 1730’s entrance to Richard Morgan’s plantation, Falling-Spring. It was located at the nearest access to the springs where Hugh Stephenson’s soldiers started their 600 mile trek to Boston. “Morgan Springs was the popular name for Falling Spring among the soldiers and their descendants.” – Pack Horse Ford Chapter NSDAR 1932 program brochure.

The Spirit of 1775 monument has been moved from the location described here to Elmwood Cemetery.
Submitted: September 5, 2018, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland.
Database Locator Identification Number: p444340
File Size: 2.806 Megabytes

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