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Show FOUGHT IN THE WAR CF 1312 Graves of 218 Americans, Enemies of England, Decorated at Princeton for First Time. A half century after the origination of a memorial, or decoration day, on which tribute is paid to those who have died in the nation's wars, the graves of 21S Americans who fought In the War of 1S12 were decorated for the first time last Memorial day. At Princeton, England, there are the graves of 21S Americans who died while held prisoners of war in Dartmoor Dart-moor prison. . The parish church in the little village of Princeton was built by the labor of these and a number of French prisoners. For many years the sod which covered cov-ered the remains of these sons of America was unmarked. Finally one of the governors of the prison had a cairn and a monument erected to mark the resting place of England's worthy enemies. Their graves, however, had never been decorated in the manner in which the graves of other American heroes are decorated until the London post of the American Legion placed a large wreath over their resting place on last Memorial day. On the same day that the graves of i r - Kk To Memory of 1812 Warriors. the heroes of 1S12 were decorated the Legion's London post held dedication ceremonies at Brookwood cemetery, 3d miles outside of London, where 450 American dead of the World war lie buried. |
