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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM8PI_paoli-massacre-monument_Malvern-PA.html
(front of monument)Sacred to the memory of the patriots who on this spot fell, a sacrifice to British barbarity during the struggle for American Independence on the night of the 20th September 1777.
(left side of monument)The atrocious massacre…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM8OF_duffys-cut-mass-grave_Malvern-PA.html
Nearby is the mass grave of fifty-seven Irish immigrant workers who died in August, 1832, of cholera. They had recently arrived in the United States and were employed by a construction contractor, named Duffy, for the Philadelphia and Columbia Rai…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM8OE_paoli_Malvern-PA.html
Front of Monument:Sacred to the memory of the patriots who on this spot fell a sacrifice to British barbarity during the struggle for American Independence on the night of the 20th September 1777.
Left Side of Monument:The atrocious massacre wh…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM8NO_gen-anthony-wayne_Paoli-PA.html
The house in which the Revolutionary leader and Indian fighter was born, Jan. 1, 1745, stands about a mile away. Died at Erie, Dec. 15, 1796; now buried at St. David's Church, four and a half miles away.Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commissio…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7OA_the-national-arch-at-valley-forge_Wayne-PA.html
George Washington, Valley Forge and Freemasonry represent patriotism, freedom and brotherly love to all Freemasons. Washington served as Master of his Masonic Lodge at the same time he was President of the United States. Through the preservation o…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM56U_philadelphia-lancaster-turnpike-road_Coatesville-PA.html
This was the nations first major toll road, built by a private company incorporated 1792 by the state legislature. Completed two years later and praised as the finest highway of its day, the stone-and-gravel turnpike stretched 62 miles. The 35th m…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM56T_john-g-parke_Coatesville-PA.html
Born in this vicinity on Sept. 22, 1827, the noted Army Engineer is remembered chiefly for having set the exact boundary between the Oregon Territory and Canada. His survey, begun in 1857, was halted by service in the Civil War and was not complet…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM56S_whittier-c-atkinson_Coatesville-PA.html
Founded Clement Atkinson Memorial Hospital here, 1936, offering quality health care to all despite inability to pay. First African American president of Chester County Medical Society; Pa. Practitioner of the year, 1960. A 1924 graduate of Howard …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM56Q_peter-bezellon_Coatesville-PA.html
Famed Indian trader and interpreter bought a tract of 500 acres in this area in 1736. This site is a part of the tract. He died in 1742. Bezellon and his wife, Martha, lie buried in St. John's churchyard at Compass, Penna.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM56G_the-great-trail_West-Chester-PA.html
The Great Trail of the Minquas or Susquehanna Indians from the Susquehanna to the Schuylkill crossed the present road about this point. It was the path prior to 1670 for their conquest of the Lenni-Lenape or Delaware Indians and for trade with the…