A historical marker recognizing five Revolutionary War Soldiers buried in Clymer Cemetery is set to be unveiled on Sunday.

CLYMER — A historical marker recognizing five Revolutionary War soldiers that are buried in Clymer Cemetery is set to be unveiled later this month.

This marker is being put in place by the Patriot Marker Program of the Chautauqua County Sons of the American Revolution. Paul Fardink with the SAR Patriot Marker Program said that this is something they have been doing for two years and similar signs exist in both Panama and Ashville cemeteries.

The five Revolutionary War soldiers buried in Clymer Cemetery are Joseph Brownell, born April 6, 1761 and died April 3, 1843, John Campbell, born Jan 31, 1762 and died Sept 30, 1851, Gardner Cleveland, born Sept 25, 1763 and died April 22, 1851, Daniel Williams, born Sept 4, 1760 and died Feb 13, 1846, and Daniel Wing, born Dec 8, 1762 and died May 16, 1842.

The unveiling of the historical marker is set for Aug 18 at 2 p.m. at the cemetery on East Main Street, and is open to the public. Included in the agenda for the day are remarks from the SAR and Marker Program, remarks from Town Supervisor Brian Willink, an honor guard rifle salute by VFW Post 8647 and playing of TAPS by Al Johnson.

“We always try to get support from a VFW post or American Legion,” Fardink said. “It’s nice to have veterans or patriots do the gun salute and play TAPS. During the unveiling we always try to include people from the town like the town supervisor and we encourage the community to get involved.”

Fardink said community members should be interested in coming to the unveiling because of it being a “salute to American patriotism”, and because of the upcoming 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence in 1776.

Additionally, Fardink said he thought placing these historical markers are important because of the ability to pique interest of community members and kids.

“This marker will be placed in Clymer Cemetery, which is right across from the school,” Fardink said. “If they are not at the cemetery on the day, our hope is that kids will see the marker and ask questions about it. We encourage people to explore this time period deeper and look into the Founding Fathers and Revolutionary War.”

Fardink said that the town of Clymer has its own unique connection to the Revolutionary War time period, being named for George Clymer, who was one of the six founding fathers that signed the Declaration of Independence. He added that many local towns are named for signers of the Declaration, and that over 100 Revolutionary War soldiers are buried in the county.

In his opinion, Fardink said celebrating these five Revolutionary War soldiers buried in the Clymer Cemetery is important because of the sacrifices they made at the beginning of the formation of the country.

“A lot of people made sacrifices to achieve what we have today,” Fardink said. “They fought in a war and that took a long time, and then there was Valley Forge, and they made a lot of sacrifices. It’s all about the beginning of this country and we shouldn’t take that for granted.”

The historical marker is sponsored by the Pomeroy Foundation, costing about $2,000 and is two sided. Fardink said an article about the historical markers program in Western New York is set to be printed around wintertime in the Western New York Heritage Magazine. The article will have an emphasis on the program and highlight some of the markers, including one of the first ones done on Barnabus Walman, who was a drum major.

“These markers are everywhere in Chautauqua County,” Fardink said. “There’s a lot of great stories in Chautauqua County.”