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Fairmount Park in Philadelphia in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
 

Richard Montgomery

1738 - 1775

 
 
Richard Montgomery Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), February 5, 2022
1. Richard Montgomery Marker
Inscription. Native of County Dublin Ireland. General of the Continental Army. Firm believer in the cause of freedom. He lost his life in the American assault on Quebec in mid winter of 1775.
 
Erected 1945 by Wallace J. Kelly, sculptor.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Colonial EraWar, 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
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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.
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on February 2, 2023. It was originally submitted on February 8, 2022, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 201 times since then and 10 times this year. Photo   1. submitted on February 8, 2022, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.
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Jul. 26, 2026