Upper Merion Township near King of Prussia in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

William White

1748 - 1836

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., June 28, 2019

1. William White Marker

Inscription. Rector of Christ and St. Peter's Churches in Philadelphia. Chaplain to the Continental Congress. First Protestant Episcopal Bishop of Pennsylvania. Presiding Bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Patriots & Patriotism • Religion & Religious Structures • War, US Revolutionary.

Location. 40° 6.294′ N, 75° 26.274′ W. Marker is near King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, in Montgomery County. It is in Upper Merion Township. It can be reached from Valley Forge Park Road. Memorial is in the garden at the rear of the Washington Memorial Chapel, on Valley Forge Park Road (Pennsylvania Route 23) within Valley Forge National Historical Park. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 2914 Valley Forge Park Rd, King of Prussia PA 19406, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Southeast Pennsylvania and in Greater Philadelphia.

It is also in the American Northeast

and in the Mid-Atlantic.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western

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World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy

and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Loyal Patriots of Valley Forge (within shouting distance of this marker); National Patriots Bell Tower (within shouting distance of this marker); General Lafayette (within shouting distance of this marker); Waterman's Monument (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Patriots of African Descent (approx. 0.2 miles away); Black Patriots of the American Revolution (approx. 0.2 miles away); Freedom Delayed (approx. ¼ mile away); 1st and 2nd Rhode Island Regiments (approx. ¼ mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in King of Prussia.

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Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., June 28, 2019

2. William White Monument

Credits. This page was last revised on February 7, 2023. It was originally submitted on June 30, 2019, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 462 times since then and 22 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on June 30, 2019, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.