The following day, June, 20, 1813, the British ships fired cannons into the village and once more landed. The Americans expecting this, had taken most of the supplies from local the warehouse and hidden them in the nearby ravine.
Afterwards, the British troops burned all the public buildings except Mansion House where mortally wounded Asher Warner had been moved by British soldiers. It is said that the British placed a pitcher of water bear him and that officers twice extinguished a fire kindled by the men to destroy the building.
This memorial is to honor the brave men who lost their lives during this battle and the lasting peace between the two nations which has existed since the War of 1812.
--Brock-Perry
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