To the glory of God
and
American Independence
Erected in honor and
memory of those who
from the 8th ward of
the City of Rensselaer
served in the armed
forces ofthe United
States of America in the
Second World War
Dedicated May . . . — — Map (db m251371) WM
Through this Place Passed
Gen. Henry Knox
In the Winter of 1775 - 1776
To Deliver To
Gen. George Washington
At Cambridge
The Train of Artillery
From Fort Ticonderoga
Used to Force the British
Army to Evacuate Boston . . . — — Map (db m23718) HM
Erected 1910 by the City of Rensselaer to the memory of the Soldiers and Sailors of the City of Rensselaer in the Civil War, 1861 - 1865
This tablet erected 1920 in memory of the boys from this city who died in . . . — — Map (db m305810) WM
First Inhabitants
Mahican Indians, known today as Mohicans by the Mohican Nation, were Algonquian-speaking people who inhabited this spot as early as the 1400s. Mahicans gathered here, at Schaghticoke, Cohoes, and at DeLaets and . . . — — Map (db m43911) HM
