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BRITISH OFFICER-"WHO COMMANDS THIS FORT" COLONEL LEDYARD-"I DID SIR, BUT YOU DO NOW" KILLED-LIEUT. COL. WILLIAM LEDYARD COMMANDING

THE MONUMENT WAS ERECTED UNDER THE PATRONAGE OF THE STATE OF CONNECTICUT, A.D. 1830, AND IN THE 55TH YEAR OF THE INDEPENDENCE OF THE U.S.A. IN MEMORY OF THE BRAVE PATRIOTS WHO FELL IN THE MASSACRE AT FORT GRISWOLD, NEAR THIS SPOT, ON THE 6TH OF SEPT. A.D. ...

SEE ALSO-GROTON BATTLE MONUMENT PLAQUE

ERECTED BY ROBERT A. GRAY AND DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF HIS BRAVE COMRADES WHO OFFERED THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY IN THE WAR OF 1861-1865

THIS GUN WAS TAKEN FROM THE WRECK OF ADMIRAL CERVERA'S FLAGSHIP "MARIA THERESA" WHICH FIRED THE FIRST SHOT JULY 3, 1898 AS SHE STEAMED FROM SANTIAGO HARBOR.