Monument erected on the site of the old revolutionary burying ground 

 at Springfield, made over to the N. J. Sons of the American 

 Revolutionary,, by the proprietors of these 

 Nurseries, October 19, 1896. 



IT IS OF THIS SPOT THAT BR1JT HARTE) WRITES : 



"Here's the spot. 1,00k around you. Above on the height 

 I^ay the Hessians encamped. By that church on the right 

 Stood the gaunt Jersey farmers, and here ran a wall. 

 You may dig anywhere and you'll turn up a ball. 

 Nothing more, grasses spring, water run, flowers blow 

 Pretty much as they did 93 years ago." 



