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DAR and VFW to
honor four Revolutionary War soldiers
Fort GreeneVille DAR and VFW Post 7262 to Honor American Revolutionary
War Soldier at Greenlawn Cemetery
Fort GreeneVille Chapter DAR along with VFW Post 7262 will be
dedicating a marker in honor of American Revolutionary War Soldier
Zachariah Hole on Saturday, September 16th at 3:30pm at Greenlawn in
Versailles.
Zachariah Hole was a soldier in the Virginia Militia who served under
Col. George Rogers Clark.
Please plan to attend and honor our county's Patriot. Descendants of
Hole are still in the Darke County area and are welcome to attend the
dedication.
Fort GreeneVille DAR and VFW Post 7262 to Honor another Three American
Revolutionary War Soldiers
Fort GreeneVille Chapter DAR along with VFW Post 7262 will be having
three marker dedications in honor of American Revolutionary War
Soldiers onSaturday, September 16th in Harrison Township cemeteries.
The first dedication will be at 1:00pm at the Old Friendship Cemetery
on Eaton-Ft. Nesbit Road, New Madison for William Brodrick. Immediately
following the Brodrick dedication, Joseph Wiley's marker will be
dedicated at Providence Cemetery on the east end of Wiley Road from
Braffetsville-North Road. The third dedication will be for Peter Rush
at First Universalist Cemetery at East Washington St. in New Madison at
approximately 2:00pm.
William Brodrick, Joseph Wiley and Peter Rush were American
Revolutionary War Soldiers who moved to Darke County after the War.
Brodrick was a private in the New Jersey Militia. He later volunteered
at Valley Forge and the Battle of Monmouth where he was injured. Wiley
was a Private in the Virginia Militia who served mostly in North and
South Carolinas. Peter Rush was a Private in the Pennsylvania Militia
under Captain Henry Rush.
Please plan to attend and honor our county's Patriots. Descendants of
these soldiers are still in the Darke County area and are welcome to
attend the dedications.
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