Matthew Griswold - Central Cemetery - East Granby, CT.
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Matthew Griswold answered the Lexington Alarm.
Waymark Code: WMBXPT
Location: Connecticut, United States
Date Posted: 07/02/2011
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The American Revolution began in Lexington, Massachusetts with a skirmish on the town green. Following the confrontation with British troops at Lexington and Concord on Wednesday morning April 19, 1775, an alarm was immediately spread in every direction. Throughout New England, the news was rapidly carried by horse expresses from town to town. Those who responded to this alarm have a special marker placed on their graves. Matthew Griswold is such an example.
It reads
Revolutionary War
Matthew Griswold
Corp.
Lexington Alarm
Dies April 22, 1822
AE 78
Location type: Single Grave
Date of Birth: 1744
Date of Death: April 22, 1822
Cause of death: Died Later
Grave Marker Text: Revolutionary War
Matthew Griswold
Corp.
Lexington Alarm
Dies April 22, 1822
AE 78
Ranks: Corporal
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