This undivided back postcard was published by the Hugh C. Leighton Company in Portland, Maine. Printed in Germany most likely between 1901 and 1907..
The Groton  Monument , sometimes called the Fort  Griswold 
Monument , is a granite monument in Groton , Connecticut 
The Battle of Groton Heights (also known as the Battle
of Fort Griswold, and occasionally called the Fort Griswold massacre) was
a battle of the American Revolutionary War fought on September 6,
1781, between a small Connecticut militia force led by Lieutenant
Colonel William Ledyard and the more numerous British forces
led by Brigadier General Benedict Arnold and Lieutenant Colonel
Edmund Eyre.

 


