Main Line of Defenses of Washington’s Army, September 1776
This bronze tablet is on the northwest corner of Broadway at 153rd Street, New York, NY. Affixed to a retaining wall of the Westerly Division of Trinity Church Cemetery & Mausoleum, the plaque reads:
Upon this site and across these Heights stood the main line of defenses thrown up by Washington’s Army, September 1776. It was held until Fort Washington fell on November 16th, when part of the fighting occurred at this point. Erected by the Sons of the Revolution in the State of New York 1901.