In 1967, a local resident became alarmed that a new housing development would destroy this
historic burial site. Through careful research the approximate location of the burials was
identified. County Freeholder D. Bennett Mazur was contacted and as a result, the County
sponsored an archaeological dig that located six sets of remains. The County eventually acquired
the site and dedicated it as a County park. In 1974, the patriots’ remains were re-interred in the
park and the original millstone was donated to serve as their gravestone