Routes of the Armies of General John Sullivan and General James Clinton - Lowman, NY - Smithsonian Art Inventory Sculptures on Waymarking.com

text one side "Routes of the armies of General John Sullivan and James Clinton 1779 an expedition against the hostile Indian nations which checked the aggressions of the English and Indians on the frontiers of New York and Pennsylvania extending westward the dominion of the United States erected by the State of New York 1929"
text other side "Newtown 1779 Here by nightfall of August 29, 1779 only smoke and ashes marked the site of log cabins and storage sheds and the trampled corn fields of a loyalist "Tory" and Indian settlement sometimes called Butlers Newtown faced by nearly one third of all American continental forces here died the hope and prestige of the American League of Ho-de-no-sau-nee the fabled "Long House" confederacy of the Iroquois six nations 1973 erected by New York State Historical Commissions and Newtown Battle Charter Sons of the American Revolution"

TITLE: Routes of the Armies of General John Sullivan and General James Clinton ARTIST(S): unknown DATE: 1929 MEDIUM: Relief plaque: bronze; Base: pink stone CONTROL NUMBER: IAS NY000265 Direct Link to the Individual Listing in the Smithsonian Art Inventory: [Web Link] PHYSICAL LOCATION: Located Adjacent to intersection of Route 17 & Country Route 60, Town of Ashland Lowman New York NY 17 is now Interstate 86 Route 60 Lowman, NY USA 14861 DIFFERENCES NOTED BETWEEN THE INVENTORY LISTING AND YOUR OBSERVATIONS AND RESEARCH: NY 17 is now Interstate 86 There is a second plaque added in 1973 by New York State Historical Commissions and Newtown Battle Charter Sons of the American Revolution

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