Site of Myles Garrison House, (sculpture).

Site of Myles Garrison House, (sculpture).

Unknown, sculptor.

Site of Myles Garrison House, (sculpture).

Plaque: Bronze; Base: granite boulder.

Approx. H. 7 ft. x W. 5 ft.

(On plaque:) MYLES GARRISON HOUSE SITE NEAR THIS SPOT STOOD THE JOHN MYLES GARRISON HOUSE, THE PLACE OF MEETING FOR THE TROOPS OF MASSACHUSETTS BAY AND PLYMOUTH COLONIES COMMANDED BY MAJOR THOMAS SAVAGE AND JAMES CUDWORTH WHO MARCHED TO THE RELIEF OF SWANSEA AT THE OPENING OF KIN PHILLIP'S WAR A.D. 1675. THERE FELL IN SWANSEA SLAIN BY THE INDIANS/(list of names)/TO MARK THIS HISTORIC SITE THIS MONUMENT WAS DEDICATED BY THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS A.D. 1912

A bronze inscription plaque attached to a granite boulder.

History -- United States -- Colonization

History -- United States -- Massachusetts

Homage -- Garrison, Myles

Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Swansea

Administered by Town of Swansea, Swansea, Massachusetts

Located Old Providence Road, Swansea, Massachusetts

IAS files contain a copy of the Massachusetts Historical Commission Form C - Monuments questionnaire dated Sept. 26, 1979.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Massachusetts survey, 1997.

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