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Specific picture descriptions: Photos above with "i" icons next to the bracketed sequence numbers (e.g. "[1] ") are described as follows:
1. TBM_110530_19.JPG: Dedicated to the memory of the black soldiers and patriots both free and enslaved who served in the American Revolution 1776-1783 Society of Sons of the Revolution in the State of New Jersey 2005
2. TBM_110530_36.JPG: All our hopes were blasted by that unhappy affair at Trenton from the speech of Lord George Germain Colonial Secretary of the State of King George III in British House of Commons May 3 1779
3. TBM_110530_39.JPG: A Bicentennial Commemorative Site recognizing America's 200th Year of Liberty Trenton Battle Monument Marks site of major gun emplacement at Battle of Trenton, December 25, 1776 Trenton Bicentennial Committee
4. TBM_110530_59.JPG: This monument is erected by the Trenton Battle Monument Association to commemorate the victory gained by the American Army over the forces of Great Britain in this town on the 26th Day of December Anno Domini 1776 Presented by The Society of the Cincinnati in the State of New Jersey
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Wikipedia Description: Trenton Battle Monument
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The Trenton Battle Monument is a column-type monument in Trenton, New Jersey. It commemorates the Battle of Trenton, one of the most famous insurgencies in American history, and the pivotal victory for the Continental forces, before their march on Princeton, during the American Revolutionary War.

The monument:

The hollow Roman-Doric fluted column of the memorial is of granite construction, as is the pedestal which supports it, although slightly darker stone was used to give more apparent solidity to the base. The column is capped by a small, round pavilion, forming an observatory; accessible by means of an electric elevator, it has provided thousands of tourists an excellent view of Trenton, and the surrounding battle scene, over the years. Encircling the column, just above the cap, thirteen electric lights, symbolic of the original Thirteen Colonies, shed their radiance at night.

The pavilion is surmounted by an acanthus leaf pedestal where, atop the entire structure, a bronze statue of General George Washington, as he appeared at the opening of the engagement, crowns the impressive monument; with his extended right hand, Washington directs the fire of the Continental artillery down King (now Warren) Street. The figure is thirteen feet high while the monument, including the statue, is one hundred and fifty feet above street level.

On the east, west and south sides of the base of the pedestal are three bronze reliefs depicting "The Surrender of the Hessians," "The Continental Army Crossing the Delaware River" and "The Opening of the Battle," respectively; the latter shows the battery of Alexander Hamilton about to fire down King Street. On the north side of the pedestal is a bronze tablet presented by the Society of the Cincinnati of New Jersey.

Guarding the entrance to the monument stand two bronze figures of Continental soldiers. One is the statue of Private John Russell, a member of ...More...
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