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County: Scott

Remember the Raisin

Marker Number: 

508

Location: 

Georgetown, Courthouse lawn, US 25, 460

Rendezvous of Kentucky Volunteers, Aug. 15, 1812, ordered to relieve Gen. Hull at Detroit. Kentuckians took Frenchtown (Monroe) on Raisin River Jan. 18, 1813. Four days later enemy attacked-killed, massacred, wounded, or captured all but 30. Of 1050 men not half reached home. Ky. counties named for officers: Allen, Ballard, Graves, Hart, Hickman, Edmonson, McCracken, Meade, Simpson.

Dedicated August 5, 1962.

For more information, see ExploreKYHistory: Remember the Raisin!

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