Military
North Carolina troops under Major Joseph Winston fought Hessians and Tarleton’s Cavalry near this spot after the Continental Line had retreated from the field of battle on March 15, 1781. The monument also names Captain Jesse Franklin and Richard Talliaferro, bears the motto “Palmam Qui Meruit Ferat,” and records that it was erected by Governor Thomas M. Holt in 1893.
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Greensboro, North Carolina · United States
