![]() The tomb was officially dedicated on July 4, 1976, when a contingent of staff and volunteers from Fort Stanwix National Monument laid the eight soldiers in their final resting place at the tomb. The Tomb of the Unknown Revolutionary War Soldiers would be his last architectural work. ![]() Further investigations concluded that they were the remains of soldiers serving at the fort during the American Revolution as their uniform buttons were identified. It was decided to reinter the remains near the future site of Fort Stanwix National Monument. However, their cause(s) of death remain unknown.įormer Camden NY resident Lorimer Rich was contacted to design the the 19-foot tall obelisk. The choice of the obelisk, similar to the nearby Oriskany Battlefield monument, is a symbol mean to draw a connection between the grave and the heavens. As there were soldiers from other states who served at Fort Stanwix, the original plans for the monument called for it to be surrounded by stones from Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and New York. Rich had earlier designed the Tomb of the Unknown Soldiers in Arlington National Cemetery. This occurred in conjunction with the archeological excavations going on at the site of Fort Stanwix itself. ![]() In 1972, backhoe excavations for sewer and telephone lines along James Street uncovered the remains of eight adult males. ![]()
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