Holland in Langhorne in Bucks County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Revolutionary War Burial Site
December 25, 1776 - January 3, 1777
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., October 16, 2009
1. Revolutionary War Burial Site Marker
Captain William Shippen, Sr., Surgeon General-American Army on written orders from General George Washington replied that a hospital would be set up in Four Lanes End (now Langhorne, PA) on January 4, 1777. The Middletown Friends Meeting House and School, and Isaac Hicks' House and Tannery were sequestered to treat American soldiers, men from the
First Battle of Trenton - December 25, 1776
Second Battle of Trenton - January 2, 1777
Battle of Princeton - January 3, 1777 died here
Bodies were put four deep in wood boxes and hauled to this burial site at Bellevue and Flowers Avenues. Archeological excavation performed in 1992 revealed that 166 American soldiers only were interred on this swampy site. The hospitals were closed on May 15, 1777.
Erected 1999 by Borough of Langhorne, Pennsylvania and the New Jersey Society, Sons of the American Revolution.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • War, US Revolutionary. A significant historical date for this entry is January 4, 1777.
Location. 40° 10.437′ N, 74° 55.154′ W. Marker is in Langhorne, Pennsylvania, in Bucks County.
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Regionally, this marker 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, New Netherland, and one of the original Thirteen Colonies.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: A different marker also named Revolutionary War Burial Site (here, next to this marker); a different marker also named Revolutionary War Burial Site (here, next to this marker); Archaeology and History (a few steps from this marker); Mollie Woods Hare (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Middletown Township World War I Memorial
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., October 16, 2009
2. Revolutionary War Burial Site Marker
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., October 16, 2009
3. Revolutionary War Burial Site and Markers
Looking north across Bellevue Avenue.
Credits. This page was last revised on January 30, 2026. It was originally submitted on January 30, 2026, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 67 times since then. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on October 18, 2009, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.
