Front:
THIS IS TO REMEMBER
THE WARDEN AND BERGESSES OF THE
Back:
Published by Book & Tackle Shop, Watch Hill, R. I.
Marker to commemorate brave defenders of
Stonington, Conn. during War of 1812 who with
3 cannon drove off an attack by a hostile
squadron of 5 British Vessels with 160 cannon
under command of Commodore Thomas Hardy,
Aug. 9-12, 1814. Many houses were struck with
cannon balls but none were destroyed.
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by COLOURPICTURE PUBLISHERS, INC., Boston 30, Mass., U.S.A..
© B.L.G.
Photo on Anscochrome® Color Film
by Bernard L. Gordon
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