http://wamc.org en http://wamc.org/post/buffalos-1812-tomb-unknowns-gets-new-marker <p>A new monument will honor 300 American soldiers who died during the War of 1812 and are buried in a mass grave beneath a Buffalo golf course.</p><p>The granite marker being dedicated Monday calls attention to the so-called mound in the meadow that holds the remains of the mostly unknown soldiers.</p><p>The soldiers died of exposure and disease during the winter of 1812-13 while camped in what is now the Delaware Park Golf Course and surrounding area. But their story is largely unknown, even in Buffalo, and the gravesite is marked only by a small plaque on a boulder.</p> Mon, 28 May 2012 11:24:17 +0000 39896 at http://wamc.org Buffalo's 1812 Tomb of Unknowns Gets New Marker