MARY MUSGROVE MONUMENT
THIS MONUMENT, ERECTED IN THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY, STANDS AS A REMINDER OF THE LEGENDARY MARY MUSGROVE. SHE IS REMEMBERED AS A CHARACTER IN THE 19TH CENTURY NOVEL "HORSESHOE ROBINSON" WHO TOOK GREAT PERSONAL RISKS SPYING FOR THE PATRIOTS.
WHILE WE DO KNOW THAT AN ACTUAL MARY MUSGROVE (1755-1795)LIVED ON THIS SITE, WE DO NOT KNOW WHAT SPECIFIC ROLE SHE PLAYED IN THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, HER LEGEND DOES, HOWEVER, STAND AS A TRIBUTE TO THE COUNTLESS WOMEN WHO SERVED AS SPIES, MESSENGERS AND EVEN COMBATANTS DURING AMERICA'S FIGHT FOR INDEPENDENCE.
WHILE WE DO KNOW THAT AN ACTUAL MARY MUSGROVE (1755-1795)LIVED ON THIS SITE, WE DO NOT KNOW WHAT SPECIFIC ROLE SHE PLAYED IN THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, HER LEGEND DOES, HOWEVER, STAND AS A TRIBUTE TO THE COUNTLESS WOMEN WHO SERVED AS SPIES, MESSENGERS AND EVEN COMBATANTS DURING AMERICA'S FIGHT FOR INDEPENDENCE.
Listing Details
- Public
- REVOLUTIONARY WAR
- War Monuments
- MUSGROVE MILL ROAD
- 29325
- BRIAN SCOTT
- COURTESY OF HMdb.org
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