sstaggs
November 11, 2015, 8:48pm
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Happy veterans day to all the veterans and servicemen and woman who protect our country and give us freedom.
Thank you for serving!!!
sstanczyk
November 12, 2015, 8:11am
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A much belated Happy Veterans Day to my…
Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great Grandfather, John Low who died in the King Philip’s Indian War on March 26, 1676. He was one of nine killed in the Nine Men’s Misery battle. The original monument is considered perhaps the oldest Veteran’s Memorial in the U.S.
mgoldenberg
November 13, 2015, 2:33am
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WOW Stephen!
Northern New England:
Nine Men's Misery is a site in current day Cumberland, Rhode Island where nine colonists were tortured by the Narragansett Indian tribe during King Philip's War. A stone memorial was constructed in 1676 which is believed to be the oldest veterans memorial in the United States.
On March 26, 1676 during King Philip's War, Captain Michael Pierce led approximately 60 Plymouth Colony troops and 20 Wampanoag Indians in pursuit of Narragansetts who had burned several Rhode Islan...