Penn Township near Jeannette in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Bushy Run Battle 250th Anniversary Monument

Photographed by Bradley Owen, April 9, 2025

1. Bushy Run Battle 250th Anniversary Monument

Inscription.
Honoring the memory of the men who fought and died here on August 5th and 6th, 1763

Delaware • Mohican • Miami • Ottawa • Seneca • Shawnee • Wyandot

42nd Regiment of Foot • 60th Regiment of Foot • 77th Regiment of Foot • Captain Barrett's Rangers • Pack Horse Drivers

Erected 2013 by Bushy Run Battlefield Heritage Society.

Topics. This monument and memorial is listed in these topic lists: Colonial Era • Indigenous Peoples and Communities • Wars, Non-US. A significant historical date for this entry is August 5, 1763.

Location. 40° 21.429′ N, 79° 37.698′ W. Monument is near Jeannette, Pennsylvania, in Westmoreland County. It is in Penn Township. It can be reached from Bushy Run Road (Pennsylvania Route 993) 0.6 miles east of Gongaware Road, on the left when traveling east. Monument is located on the grounds of Bushy Run Battlefield. Touch for map. Monument is at or near this postal address: 1253 Bushy Run Road, Jeannette PA 15644, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial monument is in the Laurel Highlands

and in Greater Pittsburgh.

It is also in the American Northeast,

in the

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Mid-Atlantic,

in Appalachia,

and specifically in Northern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Viceroyalty of New France,

the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,

and one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: After The Battle (within shouting distance of this marker); Bushy Run Station (within shouting distance of this marker); Aftermath (about 500 feet away, measured in a direct line); Welcome to Bushy Run Battlefield (about 700 feet away); Ambushed (about 700 feet away); Andrew Byerly's Spring (approx. 0.2 miles away); Bushy Run Battlefield (approx. 0.2 miles away); The Central Fire (approx. 0.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Jeannette.

Regarding Bushy Run Battle 250th Anniversary Monument. The monument was created by bronze sculptor Wayne Hyde. Historical artists Robert Griffing and John Buxton designed concepts for the monument. Hyde and Griffing worked together to photograph reenactors

Photographed by Bradley Owen, April 9, 2025

2. Bushy Run Battle 250th Anniversary Monument

for the final design. The location of the bronze monument and surrounding memorial courtyard mark where the first action in battle took place on August 5, 1763.

Monument Detail image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Bradley Owen, April 9, 2025

3. Monument Detail

The Ranger on flour bags below the Indian and the highlander, who aim weapons at each other, represents the first day of the conflict when wounded soldiers were laid behind a “flour bag stockade".

Credits. This page was last revised on April 27, 2025. It was originally submitted on April 27, 2025, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia. This page has been viewed 150 times since then and 16 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on April 27, 2025, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia.