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HEAD STONE UNVEILED SEPT. 27th, 2015
ANN FISHER MILLER
Honoring Patriot Ann Fisher Miller wife of Patriot Elijah Miller
Many people in Westchester County have heard of the Miller House, George Washington’s headquarters in North Castle, but few know the story of Ann Fisher Miller. Ann’s husband and sons left home to fight in the Revolutionary War. By the end of 1776 Ann was a widow and had lost both of her sons to the war. She remained a Patriot in support of Liberty throughout the war and housed Generals and soldiers in her home. Her farm was a battlefield and her house a hospital. She is the only woman whose name is engraved in the bronze Honor Role of those who offered their lives for Liberty in the White Plains City Hall rotunda.
Ann Miller was a strong woman and is a symbol of all the women whose names we no longer know, but without whom the war might have had a very different ending. Ann is buried at the historic White Plains Presbyterian Church grave yard. For nearly 100 years Ann has been lying in an unmarked grave as her stone either crumbled or was destroyed due to vandalism in the 1920’s. She rests there with her Patriot husband and two sons who gave their lives in the fight for liberty in 1776.
A hand carved replacement stone was commissioned by Daughters of Liberty's Legacy of the same type stone used in the 18th century by master carver Robert Carpenter who carved in the same manner as the original would have been. It was designed to match her husband and two son’s stones.
Ann Miller was a strong woman and is a symbol of all the women whose names we no longer know, but without whom the war might have had a very different ending. Ann is buried at the historic White Plains Presbyterian Church grave yard. For nearly 100 years Ann has been lying in an unmarked grave as her stone either crumbled or was destroyed due to vandalism in the 1920’s. She rests there with her Patriot husband and two sons who gave their lives in the fight for liberty in 1776.
A hand carved replacement stone was commissioned by Daughters of Liberty's Legacy of the same type stone used in the 18th century by master carver Robert Carpenter who carved in the same manner as the original would have been. It was designed to match her husband and two son’s stones.
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