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Wood's Monument

Town of Highlands, Italy

Wood's Monument

Wood's Monument is an obelisk monument in honor of Colonel Eleazer Derby Wood (1783–1814), an engineer officer and early graduate of West Point who died during the War of 1812 at the Siege of Fort Erie on 17 September 1814. Old prints of West Point show this monument located on a knoll near the flag

pole. The monument was once used as a navigational aid for ships making the passage down the Hudson River.

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