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[edit]| Halyburton Memorial at Sandy Hook, NJ | |||
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Halyburton Memorial at Sandy Hook, NJ |
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| Description |
CCC-built for WPA, marker commemorating the death of Honorable Hamilton Douglas Halyburton, 1st Lieutenant, Royal Navy, & 13 crewmembers of the HMS Assistance, who died on Sandy Hook Dec. 31, 1783. Built to mark location where remains found during excavation work in 1908. Located in the Fort Hancock and the Sandy Hook Proving Ground Historic District
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Built 1937 Dedicated 1939 |
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| Medium | Gabled, dark aggregate, concrete coping over vertical, random-sized, grape vine-mortared, beach stone pylon. Pylon rests on chamfered topped, dark aggreagate concrete base. Bronze plaque describes Halyburton and crew. | ||
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On this spot were buried the remains of the honorable Hamilton Douglas Halyburton, 1st Lieutenant, Royal Navy, son of the Earl of Morton, and James Champion, Lieutenant of Marines. Together with twelve members of the crew of H.M.S. Assistance who died here at Sandy Hook in line of duty on December 31, 1783. Erected and dedicated in 1939. |
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| References | National Park Service 041304 | ||
| Source/Photographer | Own work | ||
| OpenStreetMap | Node 7776378435 | ||
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