THE UNKNOWN SOLDIER - PLAQUE
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unimoggers
N 40° 37.240 W 075° 23.128
18T E 467396 N 4496720
The location is wrong on the Pennsylvania markers website. There is a plaque at the DAR, but not this one.
Waymark Code: WMTHV
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 10/08/2006
Views: 36
MARKER TEXT:
Within this crypt
rest the bones of an
UNKNOWN SOLDIER
in the war for independence
He was one of more than
five hundred men
who died in the
Continental Hospital
here at Bethlehem
and were buried on this hillside
(marked by
The Pennsylvania Historical Commission
The City of Bethlehem
The Valley Forge Chapter SAR and
The Bethlehem Chapter DAR
1931)
Marker Name: The Unknown Soldier - PLAQUE
County: Northampton
Date Dedicated: 01/01/1931
Marker Type: Plaque
Location: DAR House, 1st Ave., Bethlehem (NOT REALLY)
Category: American Revolution, Military
Website: Not listed
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