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Longtown’s Memorial Day Ceremony Can Be Seen on YouTube
Fort GreeneVille Chapter held a gravesite dedication for American
Revolutionary War soldier Benjamin Williams during Longtown’s annual
Memorial Day ceremony. The Memorial Day ceremony was held at Clemens
Cemetery on Hollansburg-Tampico Road in Liberty Township, Darke County,
Ohio. Longtown descendant Robin Baker had the honors of laying of the
flowers.
Benjamin Williams was a Private in the Maryland Militia during the
American Revolutionary War. He served three years. Williams was at the
Siege of Yorktown and assisted in the capturing of Cornwallis’ Army in
1781.
The Memorial Day ceremony was led by Hollansburg American Legion Post
708 Commander Eric O’Dell. Also participating in the ceremony were
Liberty Township Trustees Mike Foreman, Curtis Hiatt and Scott
Brewer, Hollansburg American Legion Post 708, New Madison American
Legion Post 245, Boy Scouts Troop 96, Chaplain Pam Giese and
Tri-Village marching band.
The Memorial Day ceremony can be seen on YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=asMF-npaOQU
Historical Longtown was established nearly 200 years ago near
Greenville. The settlement grew into a thriving mixed-race community
and a major stop on the Underground Railroad.
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