Revolutionary War Burial Site Monument - Langhorne Borough, Pennsylvania
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BruceS
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Monument marking the burial grounds for a Revolutionary War hospital in Langhorne, Pennsylvania.
Waymark Code: WM49T5
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 07/26/2008
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Revolutionary War Burial Site
December 25, 1776 - January 3, 1777
Captain William Shippen, Sr., Surgeon General - American Army on written orders
from General George washing replied that a hospital would be set up in Four
Lands End (now Langhorne, Pa.), on January 4, 1777. The Middletown Friends
Meeting House and school, and Isaac Hicks' house and tannery were sequestered
to treat American soldiers. Men from the
First Battle of Trenton - December 25, 1776
Second Battle of Trenton - January 2, 1777
Battle of Princeton - January 3, 1777 died here.
Bodies were put four deep in wood boxes and hauled to this burial site at
Bellevue and Flowers Avenues. Archeological excavation performed in 1992
revealed that 166 American soldiers only were interred on this swampy site.
The hospitals were closed on May 15, 1777." - text of monument
For an interesting story of how this site was remembered and recalled over the
years see this
website.