Fairmount Park in Philadelphia in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Richard Montgomery
1738 - 1775
Erected 1945 by Wallace J. Kelly, sculptor.
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Colonial Era • War, US Revolutionary.
Location. 39° 58′ N, 75° 10.959′ W. Memorial is in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in Philadelphia County. It is in Fairmount Park. It can be reached from Schuylkill River Trail 0.2 miles south of Kelly Drive, on the left when traveling south. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 640 Schuylkill River Trail, Philadelphia PA 19130, 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: General Nathanael Greene (within shouting distance of this marker); Casimir Pulaski (within shouting distance of this marker); John Paul Jones (within shouting distance of this marker); John Marshall (within shouting distance of this marker); William Rush (within shouting distance of this marker); Arch & Standpipe (within shouting distance of this marker); Useful & Beautiful / Timeline (within shouting distance of this marker); Major General Peter Mόlenberg (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Philadelphia.
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