Birmingham Township near West Chester in Chester County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

In Memory of Those Who Fell

Photographed by Nate Davidson, May 17, 2014

1. In Memory of Those Who Fell Marker

Inscription. In memory of those who fell in the Battle of Brandywine Sept 11, 1777. Back of this in a common grave lay those who fell in this vicinity.

Erected 1920 by The Brandywine Valley Farmers Club.

Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Patriots & Patriotism • Religion & Religious Structures • War, US Revolutionary. A significant historical date for this entry is September 11, 1721.

Location. 39° 54.35′ N, 75° 35.633′ W. Memorial is near West Chester, Pennsylvania, in Chester County. It is in Birmingham Township. It can be reached from Birmingham Road. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 1245 Birmingham Rd, West Chester PA 19382, United States of America. Touch for directions.

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,

New Netherland,

and one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: The Peace Garden at Birmingham (within shouting distance of this marker); First Defense Line (within shouting distance of this marker); On This Native Stone (within shouting distance of this marker); The Friends School at Birmingham Meeting House (within shouting distance of this marker); Birmingham Friends Meeting House (within shouting distance of this marker); Gen's Lafayette and Pulaski (about 300 feet away, measured

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in a direct line); Brigadier General Casimer Count Pulaski (about 300 feet away); Daniel Wells and Henry G. McComas (about 300 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in West Chester.

Garden, site of the common grave image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Nate Davidson, May 17, 2014

2. Garden, site of the common grave

Credits. This page was last revised on February 7, 2023. It was originally submitted on May 19, 2014, by Nathan Davidson of Salisbury, Maryland. This page has been viewed 960 times since then and 24 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on May 19, 2014, by Nathan Davidson of Salisbury, Maryland. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.