Editing Israel Putnam (section)

==Burial==
[[File:Israel Putnam Monument, Brooklyn Connecticut.jpg|thumb|upright=.8|[[Israel Putnam Monument]], Brooklyn Connecticut]]
Putnam died in [[Brooklyn, Connecticut]], in 1790. He was buried in an above-ground tomb in the town's South Cemetery. He is honored with an [[Israel Putnam Monument|equestrian monument]] near his original burial site on Canterbury Road (Route 169).{{sfn|Hubbard|2017|p=197}}

Over the years, souvenir hunters removed fragments of the headstone of his tomb and eventually the marble marker became badly mutilated, and the overall condition of the tomb was deemed unsuitable for General Putnam's remains; it was removed for safekeeping to the [[Connecticut State Capitol]] in Hartford. Sculptor [[Karl Gerhardt]], who designed the nearby Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument as well as Civil War monuments in New York and New Jersey, was chosen to create a monument to house Putnam's remains. In 1888, Putnam's remains were removed from the Brooklyn cemetery and reinterred in a sarcophagus in the base, and the original headstone inscription was recreated on the monument.{{sfn|Hubbard|2017|p=196}}