Siege of Fort Stanwix - Rome, NY
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Bronze marker describing the building of trenches during the siege of Fort Stanwix in 1777.
Waymark Code: WMQ06F
Location: New York, United States
Date Posted: 11/21/2015
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Marker affixed to a boulder located in Gansevoort Park next to Fort Stanwix in downtown Rome, NY.
The marker was placed in 1928, long after the original Fort Stanwix had been razed, and decades before the reconstruction of the present day National Monument.
The marker is located at the corner of North James and East Park Streets in downtown Rome, close the the statue of Gen Gansevoort.
Marker text reads:
DURING THE SIEGE
of
FORT STANWIX
Aug 2-22, 1777
The British dug
their zigzag trenches or
approaches, directed against
the northwest bastion across
the site of this park.
Erected 1928
Rome Chamber of Commerce
Group that erected the marker: Rome Chamber of Commerce
URL of a web site with more information about the history mentioned on the sign: [Web Link]
Address of where the marker is located. Approximate if necessary:
300 West James Street
Rome, NY USA
13440
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