17th British Regiment of Foot
British War Veterans of America, Inc.
New York Branch of the
British Legion
erected this plaque to perpetuate the memories of men of the 17th British Regiment of Foot who died near this spot defending the Stony Point fortification against General Wayne’s American Light Infantry on the night of July 15/16, 1779.
“They shall grow not old as we that are left grow old. Age shall not weary them nor the years condemn at the going down of the sun and in the morning we shall remember them.”
1779 – 1956
Marker can be reached from Stony Point Park Road, on the left when traveling east.
Courtesy hmdb.org
