_____Here died, October 2, 1780_____
_____Major John Andre of the British Army,_____
_____Who, entering the American lines_____
_____On a secret mission to Benedict Arnold,_____
_____For the surrender of West Point,_____
_____Was taken prisoner, tried and condemned as a spy._____
_____His death_____
_____Though according to the stern rule of war,_____
_____Moved even his enemies to pity;_____
_____And both armies mourned the fate_____
_____Of one so young and so brave._____
_____In 1821 his remains were removed to Westminster Abbey._____
_____A hundred years after the execution_____
_____This stone was placed above the spot where he lay,_____
_____By a citizen of the United States against which he_____
_____fought,_____
_____Not to perpetuate the record of strife,_____
_____But in token of those friendly feelings_____
_____Which have since united two nations,_____
_____One in race, in language, and in religion,_____
_____With the hope that this friendly union_____
_____Will never be broken._____

On the other side are these words of Washington:

_____ "He was more unfortunate than criminal."
_____ "An accomplished man and gallant officer."
===============--GEORGE WASHINGTON=====

The first of the two lines was from a letter of
Washington to Count de Rochambeau, dated
October 10, 1780. The second is from a letter

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