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Dedicated on the Centennial of the Battle in 1914 in Willsboro, New York. </div> <div> This is the Only Monument known, ever dedicated to the Battle. </div> <div> We will be teaming up with the Town of Willsboro and local Organizations </div> <div> to Restore this Monument and to Rededicate the Monument </div> <div> and the Land surrounding it in 2014 in time for the Bicentennial.</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="183e65d0.jpg" border=0 width="742" height="349" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> The Scroll work and Text of the Plackard on the Monument.</div> <div> <IMG SRC="18068e00.jpg" border=0 width="360" height="480" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="18547df0.jpg" border=0 width="583" height="479" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <U>Condition of the Monument</U></div> <div> It is built of stone and the mortar is cracked in most joints and has fallen out of some. </div> <div> The plaque itself measures 18 inches by 24 inches. In the sentence (Officers known to have, etc.) </div> <div> the H is missing due to a bullet hole in the plaque. </div> <div> We will be completely Restoring and Stabilizing the Monument and Plackard.</div> <div> <IMG SRC="1866b430.jpg" border=0 width="363" height="323" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Monument Pictured at 1940 ReDedication</div> <div> For More Information on this Monument Project </div> <div> <A HREF="mailto:rlemay1407@earthlink.net" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:rlemay1407@earthlink.net"><U>Contact our Society Historian</U></A></div> <div> (Members Note; Each Purchase of Society Regalia goes toward the Monument Project)</div> <div> <IMG SRC="011f50f0.gif" border=0 width="501" height="15" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> The Society of the Second War With Great Britain </div> <div> in the State Of New York, </div> <div> of The General Society of the War of 1812.</div> <div> Copyright 2010-2013. 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