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Old Pine Street Presbyterian Church Historic Graveyard

Established 1764

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Old Pine Street Presbyterian Church Historic Graveyard Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), January 13, 2023
1. Old Pine Street Presbyterian Church Historic Graveyard Marker
Inscription. Here lie over 200 American Revolutionary War soldiers and patriots from other wars. Abolitionists, tradespeople, sea captains and others have found their resting place in this historic graveyard.
 
Erected by Friends of Old Pine.
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial SitesColonial EraReligion & Religious Structures.
 
Location. 39° 56.609′ N, 75° 8.978′ W. Marker is in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in Philadelphia County. It is in Society Hill. It can be reached from Pine Street east of South 5th Street, on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 400 Pine St, Philadelphia PA 19106, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker 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
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of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Between 1750-1820s… (here, next to this marker); Reverend George Duffield's Revolutionary War Pulpit On Pine Street (a few steps from this marker); Duffield and Old Pine's Role in the Revolutionary War (a few steps from this marker); Duffield Sculpture / Ronn Shaffer, 1940-2019 (a few steps from this marker); Here in this historic graveyard… (a few steps from this marker); Rev. George Duffield, D.D. (a few steps from this marker); Buried in Old Pine's graveyard… (a few steps from this marker); Charles Pettit (a few steps from this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Philadelphia.
 
Old Pine Street Presbyterian Church Historic Graveyard Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), January 13, 2023
2. Old Pine Street Presbyterian Church Historic Graveyard Marker
An identical sign stands elsewhere on Old Pine's grounds.
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on February 2, 2023. It was originally submitted on January 16, 2023, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 439 times since then and 47 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on January 16, 2023, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.
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