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Description: This monument consists of a bronze tablet on a small triangular granite marker. In addition to the text on the plaque, there is a decorative wheel in the bottom left corner. The monument is hardly noticeable today, as it sits in the middle of median on Main Street near the Granville County Courthouse.
Inscription:
1776 1926 /
IN MEMORY OF / THE PATRIOTS / AND / REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS / OF / GRANVILLE COUNTY / ERECTED BY THE / JOHN PENN CHAPTER / D.A.R.
Dedication date: 1926
Materials & Techniques: Granite marker, bronze tablet
Sponsor: John Penn Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution
Subject notes: Dedicated to the 626 patriots and soldiers during the American Revolution from Granville County
Location: The monument stands in front of the Richard H Thornton library, on a grass covered median along main street of Oxford, N.C..
City: Oxford
County: Granville
Subjects: Revolutionary War