Revolutionary War Soldiers Memorial Tablet
Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio
Marker Inscription
The honor and glory of those soldiers of the revolution who after the war for freedom and independence helped to build up this western country and now lie buried here in Hamilton County, Ohio. This tablet is erected by the Cincinnati chapter of the Ohio Society Sons of the Revolution. MDCCCCIX. 1775. 1783.
Erected by Ohio Society Sons of the Revolution
The Story
Placed in 1909 by the Cincinnati chapter of the Sons of the Revolution, this tablet honors Revolutionary War soldiers who, after winning independence, moved west to help settle the Ohio country and now lie buried in Hamilton County. The dates 1775 and 1783 mark the span of the war for independence. The memorial links the founding generation to the westward push that opened the trans-Appalachian frontier.
Why it matters
It captures how Revolutionary War veterans became the pioneers of the early West, carrying the new nation's ambitions across the mountains into the Ohio Valley.
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