The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1910-08-25

SETH WARNER's MONUMENT
Erected NJ Entrance 10 Grounds
Surrounding Bennington Battl,
MoDumeBt---Carsed out of Barr,
Granite aud Stands 20 Feet Over
/ All.
Bennington. Aug. 22-The work
| OF erecting the monument and statu
| OF Col. Sch Wartner, leader of the
/ Green Mountain boys and reyolu-
/ tionary here. at Bennington Center,
was completed today. The memorial
which is the gift Of Col Olin Scott
/ TO the Bennington Battle Monument
aud Historical society. is carved
entirely from granite quarried al
! Barre, VI. and is located at the en-
| trance to the grounds surrounding
1 the Bennington battle monument
dedicated In 1877 on the anniyersar
OF the battle, August l6. The mem
orial stands 26 feet over all, the
statue. which represents the officer
IN continental uniform, being Of the
herioc height, eight feet.
The donor of the memorial, who
Is president OF the Bennington Bat.
tie Monument and Historical socie-
ty, has contemplated the erection OF
the monument for several years and
the foundation was put in place last
summer Col. Scott, whose anees-
tors took an active part in the ear
ly history of the town, has persist
emily insisted that Warner was not
given his proper place In history BY
writer's who have touched upon the
incidents that followed the attempt
of Gen. Burgoyne to seize the milf
tary stores at Bennington Center
and the inscription upon the polish
ed die of he memoriatl have been
drawn with the purpose of cor
reetng what Col Scott believes to
have been an error of the histor-
ians. In Col. Scott's opinion, War
ner. who arrived at the scene OF
the battle with his reinforcements
of frontiermen at critical time
should be given a larger share OF
credit In the defeat OF Gen. Baum
army.
The memorial was carved at thel
works of Harry j. Bartoli a. Co. oil |
Montpelier a firm which has made |
a speciality OF sculpture work and |
which has sent out into all parts |
OF the country many fine specimens
of granite carving. The monument
is composed OF two bases, the larg- |
er 10 feet square, "A polished die
bearing the inscription, feet,
inches In height, plinth, second
die. Z feet inches high, a cap two
The inscriptions on the die are
as follows:
The Inscription.
Col. Seth Warner. Born in Rox
bury (then Woodbury. Connecticut,
May II, l743. .
Resided IN bennington, Vt, 1863
1854. Died December 26, 1884, al
Roxbury. Connecticut, Where II.
Was Buried With the ilonors oi
War. Aged Al Tell Future Ages
What Hero's Done. T"
Commander of the Green Noun
tain Boys Ia Battle AT breckenridge
Farms July and October, l77l Otter
Creek Falls 1873, Capture OF Grown
Point May IL, 1775, Al Longueil
and Invasion OF Canada, l715, Hub
bardton, July Z. 1777 Bennington
August 10, l777, In Continental Ser
vice i77s-17S0
An Able Statesman and Soldier
He Assisted the People OF Vermont
o Establish Their Independence and
o Organize an Independent State
n Government Under Which They
Existed For a Period Of II Years
When the State Was Admitted 10
he Federal Union. And During the
revolutionary war Aided the ls
,olonies In Acquiring Their indepen
ienoe.
Col. Warner With the Green Mon
ain Boys Won a Decisive Victory
,yer the British Reinforcements ~
he Second Engagement at Benning 4
ON August i6, 1871. Thus Saving |
he Military stores AT That Place,
,rlppling Burgoyne's Army So ns 1
o Stop His invading March and /
Turning Point ~ (
he war Of the American ReYolu-
ion.