More than six hundred volunteer patriots of Berkshire County were honored in connection with the Battle of Bennington, fought on Aug. 16, 1777, including about one hundred men who participated under the commands of Col. Joab Stafford, Col. Samuel Low, and Capt. Daniel Brown of Cheshire. Eugene Bucklin Bowen dedicated the memorial to their memory and also to his Revolutionary War ancestors: John Bucklin, Jeremiah Bucklin, Joseph Brown, John Eaton, Luther Topliffe, Ephriam Bliss, Joshua Smith, Daniel Smith, David Bowen, Samuel Bowen, Benjamin Slocum, Simeon Brown, Samuel Aldrich, and David Cushing. Associated inscriptions name Berkshire volunteer patriots in the battle as Parson Thos. Allen, Col Joab Stafford, Col Benj. Simonds, Col. David Rossiter, and Stockbridge Indians.