VALOR
John A. Roebling
Trenton, United States
<center>Civil Engineer<br> Designer and builder<br> of many suspension bridges<br> Founder of Trenton’s greatest industry<br> An energetic worker<br> Inventor and man of affairs<br> Devoted to his adopted country<br> in whose progress he had unswerving faith<br> A patron of arts and sciences<br> and benefactor to mankind<br> This monument is erected<br> by the citizens of Trenton<br> and his sons in the year 1908</center>