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 General Israel Putnam Monument - Brooklyn, CT Posted by:  neoc1
N 41° 47.274 W 071° 56.970
19T E 254907 N 4630433
A monument commemorating the life and patriotic deeds of General Israel Putnam is located on Route 169 in the center of Brooklyn, CT
Waymark Code: WMFXQ4
Location: Connecticut, United States
Date Posted: 12/14/2012
Views: 8
A monument, placed on the 200th anniversary of the birth of General Israel Putnam, near the site of the tavern he owned with his wife, recounts his expeditions after the French and Indian Wars and tells the legendary story of how he answered the Lexington Alarm to plan and command the patriot forces at the Battle of Bunker Hill during the Revolutionary War.
A bronze plaque attached to a boulder, written using a curious circuitous phraseology, is inscribed:
IN THE FIELD BEHIND THIS STONE
AFTER THE CLOSE OF THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WARS,
RETURNING FROM MANY EXPEDITIONS TO TICONDEROGA, FORT
EDWARD, QUEBEC, MONTREAL, HAVANA, DETROIT, AND NEW ORLEANS
LIVED COL. ISRAEL PUTNAM
HERE, WITH HIS WIFE (2ND) MRS. DEBORAH (AVERY GARDINER) PUTNAM
HE DISPENSED A FAMOUS HOSPITALITY AT THE
GENERAL WOLFE TAVERN
NEAR THIS SPOT, ALSO, APRIL 20, 1775, PUTNAM RECEIVED
NEWS OF THE BATTLE OF LEXINGTON. LEAVING HIS PLOW
IN THE FURROW WITH HIS SON DANIEL, HE RODE
ONE HUNDRED MILES IN EIGHTEEN HOURS,
REACHING CAMBRIDGE THE NEXT DAY. THERE SOON AFTER
HE PLANNED AND ON JUNE 17, 1775, COMMANDED AT
THE BATTLE OF BUNKER HILL
RECEIVING THEREAFTER FROM THE CONTINENTAL CONGRESS
BY THE HAND OF WASHINGTON THE FIRST COMMISSION OF
MAJOR GENERAL (AND THE ONLY ONE UNANIMOUSLY VOTED)
WHICH MADE HIM SECOND IN RANK TO HIS CHIEF
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PLACED BY THE TOWN OF BROOKLYN AND THE
COLONEL DANIEL PUTNAM ASSOCIATION INC.
1918
THE 200TH ANNIVERSARY OF HIS BIRTH
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PATRIOT, REMEMBER THE HERITAGES RECEIVED FROM YOUR FOREFATHERS
AND PREDECESSORS, PROTECT AND PERPETUATE THEM
FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS OF YOUR COUNTRYMEN.
Type of Memorial: Monument
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