Plainfield honors African-American Revolutionary War soldier BY Maggie | FILED UNDER: UPPER VALLEY | ON May 23, 2018 | TAGGED: instagram, plainfield nh Read more here. 1️⃣ Lorenzo Arredondo, of #FremontNH, a reenactor with the 1st New Hampshire Regiment, welcomes the descendants of Derrick Oxford, a slave who fought with the regiment in the Revolutionary War in the 1700s, to a dedication service of a new stone on Oxford’s previously unmarked grave at the Coreyville Cemetery in #PlainfieldNH on Saturday. Oxford fought at the battle of Saratoga and the siege of Ticonderoga. 2️⃣ Stephanie Johnson, of Meriden, Conn., holds her daughters Paris Haley, 3, left, and London Haley, 5, right, as the reenactors fire a salute to Oxford, Johnson’s sixth great grandfather. ⏺ More at www.vnews.com/instagram. Link in profile. (Valley News – James M. Patterson @james.m.patterson) #uppervalley #upval #vnewsuv #photojournalism #plainfieldnh #mother #daughters #family #ancestry #ceremony #dedication #cemetery #history #revolutionarywar #reenactors #nh #newhampshire #603 A post shared by Valley News (@vnewsuv) on May 22, 2018 at 12:11pm PDT Share this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Google+ (Opens in new window) Related Submit a Comment Cancel reply Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *Comment Name * Email * Website Notify me of follow-up comments by email. Notify me of new posts by email.
