File:Bennington Battlefield Site New York Marker 30May2008.jpg
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English: A plaque erected by the state of New York at the entrance to the Bennington Battlefield State Historic Site in Walloomsac, New York. It relates the first engagement of the Battle of Bennington, waged on 16 August 1777. Photographed 30 May 2008. |
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| Source | taken myself |
| Author | Adam Lenhardt |
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BATTLE OF BENNINGTON
FIRST ENGAGEMENT
AUGUST 16TH 1777
GENERAL JOHN STARK WITH NEW HAMPSHIRE, VERMONT
AND MASSACHUSETTS MILITIA DEFEATED AND CAPTURED
AN EXPEDITIONARY FORCE SENT BY GENERAL BURGOYNE
AND COMMANDED BY COLONEL BAUM.
THIS WAS ONE OF THE FIRST DECISIVE VICTORIES
IN THE WAR OF THE REVOLUTION.
ERECTED BY THE STATE OF NEW YORK
1927
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