Penn's Landing in Philadelphia in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
"Associators"
Pennsylvania National Guard
| | 1747 - 1997 | |
Photographed by Richard E. Miller, May 12, 2009
1. "Associators" Marker
Near this site the Associators, a group of citizen-soldiers organized by Benjamin Franklin and predecessor to the modern Pennsylvania National Guard, established the first Pennsylvania military installation to defend the colony and the port of Philadelphia.
The Pennsylvania National Guard dedicates this monument to those patriots on our two hundred fiftieth anniversary.
Erected 1997 by Pennsylvania National Guard.
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Colonial Era • Forts and Castles • Military • Waterways & Vessels.
Location. 39° 56.516′ N, 75° 8.479′ W. Memorial is in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in Philadelphia County. It is in Penn's Landing. It can be reached from South Christopher Columbus Boulevard. Marker is at the south end of the Penn's Landing riverfront walkway, just north of Lombard Circle, south of the Moshulu floating restaurant and east of the Landing's parking lot off South Delaware Avenue/Columbus Road. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 401 South Columbia Boulevard, Philadelphia PA 19125, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this memorial is in Southeast Pennsylvania. It is also in the American Northeast and in the Mid-Atlantic. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy, New Netherland, and one of the original Thirteen Colonies.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: U.S.S. United States (within shouting distance of this marker); Still on Patrol
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Another marker is no longer nearby. Cruiser Olympia - Submarine Becuna (was about 600 feet away, measured in a direct line but has been permanently removed).
Also see . . . 1st Battalion, 111th Infantry Regiment (Mechanized) - "Associators". ...In the 18th century, the English colonies in America were under constant threat of invasion, either from the French, the Indians or the Spanish. The king of England organized units throughout the colonies to defend the inhabitants from various attacks. For the first 75 years of its existence, however, Pennsylvania was controlled by Quakers, who abhorred violence and resisted forming units.
In 1747, Philadelphia was under a serious threat of French privateers coming up the Delaware
Additional keywords. 1st Battalion, 111th Infantry Regiment (Mechanized); Penn's Landing; Moshulu.
Photographed by Richard E. Miller, May 12, 2009
3. "Associators" memorial, lower left, center
This is the view northward along the riverwalk in the memorial's former environs, toward the Independence Seaport Museum, with the historic bark, Moshulu (now preserved as a floating restaurant) moored to the right.
Photographed by Carolyn Martienssen, August 29, 2014
4. "Associators" Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on November 28, 2025. It was originally submitted on May 17, 2009, by Richard E. Miller of Oxon Hill, Maryland. This page has been viewed 1,814 times since then and 40 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on May 17, 2009, by Richard E. Miller of Oxon Hill, Maryland. 2. submitted on November 28, 2025, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. 3. submitted on May 17, 2009, by Richard E. Miller of Oxon Hill, Maryland. 4. submitted on August 16, 2015, by Carolyn Martienssen of West Hazleton, Pennsylvania. • Syd Whittle was the editor who published this page.
