Upper Merion Township in King of Prussia in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Pennsylvania Brigade
Photographed by Mike McKeown, May 26, 2025
1. Pennsylvania Brigade Marker
Valley Forge December 19 1777 June 18 1778
Stirling's Division
major General Lord Stirling
Pennsylvania Brigade
Commanding
3rd. Regiment Infantry | Colonel Thomas Craig | Raised January 1 1777 | Mustered out November 3 1783 6th. Regiment Infantry | Lieutenant Colonel Josiah Harmar | Raised January 1 1777 | Mustered out January 1783 9th. Regiment Infantry | Lieutenant Colonel George Nagel | Raised October 25 1776 | Mustered out January 17 1781 12th. Regiment Infantry | Colonel William Cook | Raised October 1 1776 | Consolidated with 3rd. Regiment Infantry July 1 1778.
Erected 1908 by Valley Forge Park Commission.
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Patriots & Patriotism • War, US Revolutionary.
Location. 40° 5.963′ N, 75° 26.967′ W. Memorial is in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, in Montgomery County. It is in Upper Merion Township. It is on North Inner Line Drive, on the left when traveling north. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: King of Prussia PA 19406, United States of America.
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Regionally, this memorial is in Southeast Pennsylvania and in Greater Philadelphia. 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 and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: A Pointed Defense (about 500 feet away, measured in a direct line); Crowded and Very Sickly (about 700 feet away); Huntingtons Brigade (about 800 feet away); a different marker also named Huntingtons Brigade (approx. 0.2 miles away); Innerline Defense (approx. 0.2 miles away); Site of the Marquee (approx. Ό mile away); Schoolhouse (approx. Ό mile away); The Grand Parade (approx. 0.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in King of Prussia.
Regarding Pennsylvania Brigade. http://www.friendsofvalleyforge.org/divisions/5th.asp
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Alexander,_Lord_Stirling
Photographed by Mike McKeown, May 26, 2025
2. Pennsylvania Brigade Marker
marker at distance
Credits. This page was last revised on June 18, 2025. It was originally submitted on May 27, 2025, by Mike McKeown of Baltimore, Maryland. This page has been viewed 173 times since then and 17 times this year. Last updated on June 18, 2025, by Mike McKeown of Baltimore, Maryland. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on May 27, 2025, by Mike McKeown of Baltimore, Maryland. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.
