John Milton – Burlington Twp. War Memorial – Burlington Twp., NJ - Etched in Stone on Waymarking.com

The memorial and attributable quotation are located inside a grassy rotary at the parking lot in front of the Burington Twp. Municipal Building. There are three equally spaced circles with a fourth circle in the middle. In the middle are these benchlike copings which intermittently circumscribe the inner circle. On this outer circle are the names of the wars including the Revolutionary War, War of 1812, Mexican War, Civil War, Spanish-American War, World War I & II, the Korean War and Vietnam War. Also incised in the stone are names if KIA soldiers with the inscription In Remembrance Lest We Forget Our Honored Dead on the red, molded stone.

The focus of this waymark can be found on another part of the broken circle is this Milton quote which is Brave Men and Worthy Patriots, Dear to God, And Famous to All Ages. The quote originates from his Tractate of Education written in 1644. The stanza and poem represents Milton's most comprehensive statement on educational reform and give voice to hsi views "concerning the best and noblest way id education". Not too sure how this was picked to go with the war memorial, but there it is.

John Milton (9 December 1608 – 8 November 1674) was an English poet, polemicist, and civil servant for the Commonwealth of England. He is best known for his epic poem Paradise Lost. He was a scholarly man of letters, a polemical writer, and an official serving under Oliver Cromwell. He wrote at a time of religious flux and political upheaval in England, and his poetry and prose reflect deep convictions and deal with contemporary issues, such as his treatise condemning licensing, Areopagitica. As well as English, he wrote in Latin and Italian, and had an international reputation during his lifetime. SOURCE