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Sag Harbor in Suffolk County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
 

American Revolution Veterans Memorial

 
 
American Revolution Veterans Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Andrew Ruppenstein, April 23, 2019
1. American Revolution Veterans Memorial
Inscription.
Plaque:
In memory of the
veterans of the War
of the American Revolution
buried at this site
—————————————
Dedicated by the D.A.R.
Southampton Colony Chapter

Sag Harbor American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Sag Harbor Yacht Club
Ladies Village Improvement Society
Old Burying Ground Comm.
1998

...and panel:

Old Burying Ground
First Interment 1767

Original resting place of at least nineteen veterans of the War of the American Revolution

Aaron Clark · Braddock Corey · Frederick Fordham · Daniel Fordham · John Fordham · Esquire Fordham · Hugh Gelston · Jeremiah Hedges · William Havens · Josiah Hand · Clark Truman · Luther Hildreth · Ephriam L'Hommedieu · Joseph L'Hommedieu · Peleg Niles · William Parker · Benjamin Price · John Squire · Silas Stuart · Lester Beebe · David Hand OC · Stephen Howell OC · Hubbard Latham OC

 
Erected 1998 by Daughters of the American Revolution Southampton Colony Chapter.
 
Topics and series. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, US Revolutionary. In addition, it is included in the Daughters of the American Revolution

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Location. 40° 59.87′ N, 72° 17.661′ W. Marker is in Sag Harbor, New York, in Suffolk County. Memorial is at the intersection of Union Street and Church Street, on the left when traveling west on Union Street. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Sag Harbor NY 11963, United States of America. Touch for directions.
 
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Meigs Monument (here, next to this marker); The Old Burying Ground (here, next to this marker); Old Whalers' Church (within shouting distance of this marker); The French House (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Atheneum (about 300 feet away); David Frothingham (about 600 feet away); Handcut Millstone (about 700 feet away); M. Olivia Sage (approx. 0.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Sag Harbor.
 
More about this memorial. The marker is located at the northern edge of the Old Burying Ground, in a little alcove formed by bushes, bordering Union Street.
 
American Revolution Veterans Memorial - Second Panel image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Andrew Ruppenstein, April 23, 2019
2. American Revolution Veterans Memorial - Second Panel
American Revolution Veterans Memorial - wide view image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Andrew Ruppenstein, April 23, 2019
3. American Revolution Veterans Memorial - wide view
The DAR plaque is visible at the foot of the flagpole, while the second panel is on the left, with the Meigs Monument between the two, and the Old Burying Ground is in the background.
Headstone for American Revolutionary War veteran Benjamin Price image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Andrew Ruppenstein, April 23, 2019
4. Headstone for American Revolutionary War veteran Benjamin Price
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on May 25, 2019. It was originally submitted on May 25, 2019, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California. This page has been viewed 272 times since then and 19 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on May 25, 2019, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California.

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