Memorial. Erected by the city of Philadelphia in 1957, it holds the remains of an unindentified Revolutionary War casualty who had been disinterred from a nearby 18th Century potter's field. The tomb is inscribed: "Beneath this stone rests a soldier of Washington's army who died to give you liberty."
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American War of Independence/Revolutionary War: 1775-1783.
Memorial. Erected by the city of Philadelphia in 1957, it holds the remains of an unindentified Revolutionary War casualty who had been disinterred from a nearby 18th Century potter's field. The tomb is inscribed: "Beneath this stone rests a soldier of Washington's army who died to give you liberty."
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American War of Independence/Revolutionary War: 1775-1783.
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