Margaret Corbin Monument

Margaret Corbin Monument
Margaret "Molly" Corbin Monument
United States
Margaret Corbin Memorial, West Point Cemetery, United States Military Academy.jpg
Margaret Corbin's Gravesite and Monument
For Margaret Corbin
Unveiled 1926
Location near Highland Falls, New York
Burials by war
American Revolution

Margaret Corbin Monument is a monument and United States Military Academy Cemetery, in honor of Margaret Corbin (November 12, 1751 – January 16, 1800), a heroine of the American Revolution. She died in Highland Falls, NY and was buried near the Hudson River. In 1926, her remains were relocated to its current location near the entrance to the West Point Cemetery by the Daughters of the American Revolution.[1]

References

  1. ^ "West Point Cemetery". USMA.edu. http://www.usma.edu/cemetery/. Retrieved 2010-04-17. 


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