New York State D.A.R. Revolutionary War Memorial - Albany, NY
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The New York State Organization National Society Daughters of the American Revolution, NSDAR, Revolutionary War Memorial is located in the northwest corner of Academy Park in Albany, NY.
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Location: New York, United States
Date Posted: 08/14/2013
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A 4' by 4' granite tablet honors the citizens of New York who fought in the Revolutionary War. The 1' thick tablet has carved vertical lines on the sides suggesting a pillars and a decorative curlicue horizontal frieze on the top. Below the incised emblem of the Daughters of the American Revolution is the following inscription.
THE NEW YORK STATE ORGANIZATION
NATIONAL SOCIETY DAUGHTERS OF THE
AMERICAN REVOLUTION HONORS
THE COURAGE AND VALOR OF
MORE THAN 41,000 PATRIOT TROOPS
IN THE LINE, THE LEVIES AND THE MILITIA
FROM NEW YORK COLONY AND STATE
WHO LEFT THEIR HOMES AND FAMILIES
AND MUSTERED TO THE SOUND OF
FIFE AND DRUM SUPPORTING THE CAUSE
OF LIBERTY IN THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
1775-1783
THIS MONUMENT PLACED BY
THE NEW YORK STATE ORGANIZATION NSDAR
SEPTEMBER 2008
GRETTA ARCHER, NEW YORK STATE REGENT