Birmingham Township near West Chester in Chester County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Gen's Lafayette and Pulaski
At Birmingham, Sept. 11, 1777
Photographed By Nate Davidson, May 17, 2014
1. Gen's Lafayette and Pulaski Marker
Should days of brisk be forgot,
Although these days have fled.
Can we neglect the sacred spot,
Where Patriot Heroes bled?
An not those days of "old lang syne,"
We never can forget.
When with our sires to Brandywine,
Come gallant Lafayette.
By Brandywine's enchanting stream,
Our swains in peace abode,
Until the Tyrants' minions came,
To stain its banks with blood, &c.
To meet the Foe-men on the plain
Each Patriot, onward press'd.
And there with Washington, and Wayne
Appeared our honored Guest, &c.
And there he bore him in the van,
Where Washington still led
And to sustain the Rights of Man
The youthful Warrior bled &c.
Then long as our romantic stream,
Shall roll its silver wave,
Its vales shall echo with the name
Of Lafayette, the brave. &c.
Great God, Proniter and Father of Liberty
John G. Taylor, Erected 18ft. 1900
Admiral Count DeGrasse
B. 1722 - D. 1788, France
Erected 1900 by John G. Taylor.
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Patriots & Patriotism • War, US Revolutionary.
Location. 39° 54.367′
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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); Birmingham Friends Meeting House (within shouting distance of this marker); The Friends School at Birmingham Meeting House (within shouting distance of this marker); First Defense Line (within shouting distance of this marker); In Memory of Those Who Fell (within shouting distance of this marker); On This Native Stone (within shouting distance of this marker); The Battle of the Brandywine Foot Soldiers (about 600 feet away, measured in a direct line); Birmingham Hill (approx. 0.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in West Chester.
Photographed By Nate Davidson, May 17, 2014
2. Gen's Lafayette and Pulaski Monument
At the entrance of the Birmingham Lafayette Cemetery.
Photographed By Nate Davidson, May 17, 2014
3. Opposite Side of Monument
Gen Lafayette's Toast, at banquet in
West Chester, July 2, 1825.
May the blood spilled by thousands with equal merit in the cause of independence and freedom be to ensuing generations an eternal pledge of unalloyed republicanism, Federal Union, public prosperity, and domestic happiness.
Lafayette, B. Sep. 6, 1757. D. 1834, in France
French Commanders at the surrender of Lord Corwallis, in Yorktown, Oct. 19th, 1781 Gens Lafayette and Pulaski. Gen. Rochambeau, 6,000 French soldiers. Gen. St. Simons, 3,000 " " Admiral DeGrasse, French Navy, 50 ships, 3,000 Marines
May the blood spilled by thousands with equal merit in the cause of independence and freedom be to ensuing generations an eternal pledge of unalloyed republicanism, Federal Union, public prosperity, and domestic happiness.
Lafayette, B. Sep. 6, 1757. D. 1834, in France
French Commanders at the surrender of Lord Corwallis, in Yorktown, Oct. 19th, 1781 Gens Lafayette and Pulaski. Gen. Rochambeau, 6,000 French soldiers. Gen. St. Simons, 3,000 " " Admiral DeGrasse, French Navy, 50 ships, 3,000 Marines
Photographed By Nate Davidson, May 17, 2014
4. Monument Row, Birmingham Lafayette Cemetery
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