Later Years
She received financial support from the government after the war, the first woman to do so. She died in Highland Falls, New York, on January 16, 1800, at the age of 48. In 1926, the Daughters of the American Revolution had Margaret’s remains reburied and erected the Margaret Corbin Monument in the West Point Cemetery, making her one of only two Revolutionary War soldiers to be buried there. The other soldier is Dominick Trant.
A tablet commemorating her heroism was erected in 1909 in New York City's Fort Tryon Park, near the scene of her service, and the entrance to the park is named Margaret Corbin Circle in her honor. A large Art Deco mural depicting the battle scene decorates the lobby of a nearby building at 720 Fort Washington Avenue.
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