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Metadata
Object ID |
G_11_012 |
Title |
[Common Grave, Princeton Battlefield] |
Collection |
Photo Archives |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Description |
The common grave at the Princeton Battlefield State Park. The memorial plaque's inscription reads: "Near here lie buried / the American and British officers / and soldiers / who fell in the Battle of Princeton / January 3rd 1777. / Here Freedom stood by slaughtered friend and foe, / And ere the wrath paled or that sunset died, / Looking through the ages, then, with eyes aglow, / Laid them to wait that future, side by side. / Alfred Noyes / 1880-1958." The Princeton Battlefield State Park preserves the site of the January 3, 1777 Battle of Princeton, in which General George Washington's troops defeated the British. |
Place |
Princeton, NJ |
Print size |
7" x 9 1/2" |
Subjects |
Battles Parks Graves Memorials Plaques Poems |
People |
Washington, George, 1732-1799 Noyes, Alfred, 1880-1958 |
Search Terms |
Battle of Princeton Princeton Battlefield State Park Revolutionary War Mercer Street |
Notes |
In pencil on back of photo: G-11 Princeton Battlefield The common grave Princeton Battlefield Stamp on back of photo: PRINT BY JIM CAWLEY |
Provenance |
Stamp on verso reads, "Print by Jim Cawley." |