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By Bill Coughlin, October 1, 2008
Putman Memorial Park
SHOWN IN SOURCE-SPECIFIED ORDER
| | Donated A.D. 1969 by sculptress Anna Hyatt Huntington in her 93rd year in timeless memorial to Israel Putnam Senior Major General in the Continental Army who at Greenwich, Connecticut, in February of 1779, made good a dramatic mounted escape . . . — — Map (db m11994) HM |
| | This Marks The Spot
Where On February 26, 1779
General Israel Putnam,
Cut Off From His Soldiers And
Pursued By British Cavalry,
Galloped Down This Rocky Steep
And Escaped, Daring To Lead Where Not
One Of Many Hundred Foes Dared To . . . — — Map (db m38607) HM |
Apr. 26, 2024