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"CAPTAIN WILLIAM TURNER OF BOSTON
A SOLDIER IN KING PHILIP'S WAR
WAS MORTALLY WOUNDED
WHILE CROSSING THIS PUKCOMMEACON RIVER
AND FELL ON THE WEST BANK MAY 19.1676.
ON THE RETREAT AFTER THE FALLS FIGHT.
AT PESKEOMPSKUT (TURNER'S FALLS).
FORTY MEN OF HIS COMMAND FELL THAT DAY.
CAPTAIN SAMUEL HOLYOKE WITH THE SURVIVORS
FOUCHT THEIR WAY BACK TO HATFIELD.
TO COMMEMORATE THEIR PATRIOTISM AND SACRIFICE
THIS MEMORIAL IS DEDICATED JULY 26.1905
BY
THE POCUMTUCK VALLEY MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION.
THIS TABLET IS PLACED BY THE SOCIETY OF COLONIAL WARS
IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
UPON THE STONE ERECTED BY THE GREENFIELD
OLD HOME WEEK ASSOCIATION.
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