Major Andrew McClary - Epsom, NH
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YoSam.
N 43° 13.488 W 071° 18.668
19T E 312308 N 4788372
Revolutionary war hero, killed at Bunker Hill
Waymark Code: WMJX0P
Location: New Hampshire, United States
Date Posted: 01/09/2014
Views: 3
Marker Location: Epsom rest area, US-202; US-4; NH-9
County of Marker: Merrimack County
Marker Erected by: State of New Hampshire
Date marker erected: 2006
Marker Text:
MAJOR ANDREW MCCLARY
Andrew McClary served in the famed Rogers Rangers. He participated in the December 1774 raids on the British Fort, William & Mary in New Castle, at which time powder and munitions were seized. Learning of the pending conflict at Bunker Hill while tilling his land just south of here he left his plow in the furrow in his haste to meet the challenge. McClary was named 2nd in command to Col. John Stark of the 1st N.H. Regiment. A British cannonball felled him as the battle ended, prompting the eulogy: "His sun went down at noon on the day that ushered in our nation's birth."
Website pertaining to the memorial: [Web Link]
List if there are any visiting hours:
Epsom rest area, open 24 hours.
I am told (since I live about 2,000 mile away) that the rest area closed in 2012.
Entrance fees (if it applies): State run rest area
Type of memorial: Plaque
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