Major Andrew McClary - near Epsom, NH
Posted by: YoSam.
N 43° 13.488 W 071° 18.688
19T E 312281 N 4788372
His eulogy: "His sun went down at noon on the day that ushered in our nation's birth."
Waymark Code: WMT056
Location: New Hampshire, United States
Date Posted: 09/01/2016
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County of Marker: Merrimack County
Location of memorial:Epsom rest area, US-202; US-4; NH-9, about 2 miles E. of Epsom
Memorial erected: 2006
Memorial erected by: The State of New Hampshire
Plaque 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."
More detail account of McClary's efforts US GenNet