tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post4160945962851079818..comments2024-03-28T04:26:30.557-05:00Comments on Boston 1775: Why Israel Putnam?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-31448364525682539022007-01-29T02:20:00.000-05:002007-01-29T02:20:00.000-05:00Israel Putnam is buried in Brooklyn, CT. His epita...Israel Putnam is buried in Brooklyn, CT. His epitaph reads like a checklist of all the things that eighteenth-century men were supposed to be:<br /><br />To the memory<br />Of <br />Israel Putnam, Esquire,<br />Senior Major General in the Armies<br />Of <br />The United States of America <br />Who <br />Was born at Salem <br />In the Province of Massachusetts <br />On the seventh day of January <br />A.D. 1718: <br />And died <br />On the twenty ninth day of May<br />A.D. 1790:<br />Passenger <br />If thou art a Soldier<br />Drop a Tear over the dust of a Hero<br />Who <br />Ever attentive <br />To the lives and happiness of his Men <br />Dared to lead <br />Where any Dared to follow; <br />If a Patriot <br />Remember the distinguished and gallant services<br />Rendered thy Country <br />By the Patriot who sleeps beneath this Monument; <br />If thou art Honest, generous & worthy<br />Render a cheerful tribute of respect<br />To a Man <br />Whose generosity was singular<br />Whose honesty was proverbial<br />Who <br />Raised himself to universal esteem <br />And offices of Eminent distinction <br />By personal worth <br />And a <br />Useful lifeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com