Clad2Silver
Bronze Member
- Jul 17, 2018
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- Detector(s) used
- Garrett AT Max/ Garrett AT Pro/ Garrett Ace 400/ Garrett Pro Pointer 2 / Garrett Z-Lynk AT Propointer
- Primary Interest:
- Metal Detecting
At a recent coin show I bought a 1936 Cleveland commemorative half dollar. The person on the front of the coin is Moses Cleveland, founder of the city of Cleveland, Ohio. Cleveland was born in Canterbury, Conn. which is only a few miles from where I live. The sign shows the site of his birthplace and about a mile or so south of the birthplace is the Cleaveland cemetery where he is buried. Cleveland served as a brigadier general in the Connecticut militia during the Revolutionary War and after the war was over, he was a shareholder along with some others who purchased land in Northeast Ohio known as "New Connecticut". While there he established a small village which eventually became the city of Cleveland. Eventually he returned to Connecticut and once again served as a general in the Conn. militia. He died in 1806.
