The Hessian Monument

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111 No 196 Pubt. by ET GRI SWOLD DENNINGTON, VT.

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HAND-COLORE 5d The Albertype Co., Brooklyn, N. Y. No. 198. The Hessian Monument. Old Bennington. "Around this stone lie buried many patri- ots who fell in the Battle of Bennington August 16, 1777. Here also rest British seldiers, Hessians, who died from wounds after the battle as captives. They were confined in the first meeting house built in Vermont, which stood on the green west of this burying ground.” Anyone interested in quaint old head-stones and epitaphs, will find pleasure in a ramble among the tomb- stones of this old historic cemetery. ONE OF A SERIES OF 200 LOCAL POST CARDS PUB- LISHED BY E. T. GRISWOLD, BENNINGTON, VT. CATALOG FREE. Poat Cards of Quality