| Pennsylvania (Lancaster County), Lititz — Elmer Holmes Bobst |
| | His generosity interest in human welfare and love for Lititz, his boyhood home, made possible the restoration and development of this park.
Established in 1843 by the Moravian Congregation, the park was given to the community of Lititz in 1956. — Map (db m5318) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Lancaster County), Lititz — In Grateful Recognition to All Veterans |
| | who preserved the freedom won by America's first veterans that are buried here. 1776 - 1999 — Map (db m5269) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Lancaster County), Lititz — In Memory of 110 Soldiers of the Continental Army |
| | Who died in the Lititz Military Hospital between December 19, 1777 and August 28, 1778 and are buried here. — Map (db m5268) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Lancaster County), Lititz — In Memory of the Brave Soldiers of the Continental Army |
| | who died in this building when it was used by order of General Washington as a military hospital from Dec. 19, 1777 to Aug. 28, 1778. This tablet is erected by the Lititz Moravian Congregation
of the 450 men quartered here, there died 120, of whom 110 were buried near the eastern limit of the settlement. — Map (db m5273) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Lancaster County), Lititz — John A. Sutter |
| | In the cemetery opposite is buried the California pioneer. Founder of Sacramento, 1839. Gold was discovered on his lands, 1848. Ruined by the gold rush, he made Lititz his home from 1871 until death, 1880. — Map (db m5264) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Lancaster County), Lititz — Linden Hall |
| | Oldest girls' resident school in the United States. Founded in 1746 by the Moravian Church. Originally a day school, it has since 1794 drawn boarding students from a wide area. The school was chartered under its present name in 1863. — Map (db m5265) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Lancaster County), Lititz — Lititz |
| | Settled during 1740's, Moravians established here a "land Gemeine," or country congregation in 1756. It was named by Count Zinzendorf after a Bohemian town which sheltered persecuted Moravians in 1456. — Map (db m5317) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Lancaster County), Lititz — Lititz Moravian Congregation |
| | 1749 - 250th Anniversary - 1999
In essentials unity, in non-essentials liberty, in all things love.
The Warwick Gemeinhaus was consecrated February 9, 1749. This date serves as the founding date for the Warwick Congregation, which on August 20, 1755, became the country congregation and Bruder-Gemein of Lititz. It was named by Count Zinzendorf in honor of the little village near the Castle of Litiz in Bohemia, where the early followers of John Hus found refuge in the year 1456. Brethren . . . — Map (db m5271) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Lancaster County), Lititz — Moravian Gemeinhaus |
| | Built in 1746 by the Moravians as Church, Parsonage, and School. It stood 125 yards to the north on the elevation on this side of Carter's Run. — Map (db m5266) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Lancaster County), Lititz — On This Site in 1861 Julius Sturgis |
| | Established the first pretzel bakery in the New World. This tablet dedicated by The National Pretzel Bakers Institute May 1951 Alex V. Tisdale, Pres. — Map (db m5270) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Lancaster County), Lititz — Revolutionary War Memorial 1930 Veterans Memorial 1999 |
| | On this site are interred the remains of 110 soldiers from General Washington's Continental Army. Wounded at the battles of Brandywine and Germantown, these soldiers were transported to Lititz between December 1777 and August 1778. Hospitalized in the Moravian Brethren's House, they succumbed to their wounds or illnesses and were buried in unmarked graves due to the religious beliefs of the community. To honor their ultimate sacrifices this memorial was dedicated in 1930. Their remains were . . . — Map (db m5267) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Lancaster County), Lititz — The Heritage Center |
| | Dedicated in 1971
Moravian Church Square
Established in 1757
In memory of the many men and women of past and present generations who served faithfully in the Moravian Congregation to make our heritage possible. — Map (db m5274) HM |
| Pennsylvania (Lancaster County), Lititz — The Lititz Pharmacopoeia |
| | For the use of Medical Department of the "Army of the Federated States of America," was compiled by Physician-General William Brown in Lititz, and published in Philadelphia, in 1778. It was the first American Formulary and a pioneer effort at the standardization of drug formulas. — Map (db m5272) HM |
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