On Putnam Park Road (Connecticut Route 107) at Black Rock Turnpike (Connecticut Route 58), on the right when traveling west on Putnam Park Road.
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
On East Putnam Avenue (U.S. 1) at Old Church Road, on the left when traveling north on East Putnam Avenue.
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
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