Tannersville in Monroe County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Sullivan's March

Photographed by Don Morfe, August 2, 2015

1. Sullivan's March Marker

Inscription. Learned's Tavern marked the end of the second day's march from Easton to Fort Wyoming, at Wilkes-Barre. The army camped here June 19, 1779, after a 16-mile march from Heller's Tavern.

Erected 1947 by Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Indigenous Peoples and Communities • War, US Revolutionary. In addition, it is included in the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (PHMC), and the The Sullivan-Clinton Expedition Against the Iroquois Indians series lists. A significant historical month for this entry is June 1756.

Location. 41° 2.394′ N, 75° 18.359′ W. Marker is in Tannersville, Pennsylvania, in Monroe County. It is at the intersection of Manor Drive (PA 611) and T 537 on Manor Drive (PA 611). Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Tannersville PA 18372, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Pocono Mountains

and in Greater Scranton and Wilkes-Barre. It is also in the American Northeast,

in the 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 Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy

and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 7 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Sullivan Expedition Against the Iroquois Indians, 1779 (here, next to this marker); Vietnam War Honored Dead (approx. 0.3 miles away); Swiftwater Valley World War Memorial (approx. 0.3 miles away); Korean War Honored Dead (approx. 0.3 miles away); World War 1 Honored Dead

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(approx. 0.3 miles away); World War 2 Honored Dead (approx. 0.3 miles away); The Sullivan Expedition Against The Iroquois Indians 1779 (approx. 4½ miles away); Veterans Memorial (approx. 6.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Tannersville.

Sullivan's March Marker on the corner of the CVS parking lot. image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Don Morfe, August 2, 2015

2. Sullivan's March Marker on the corner of the CVS parking lot.

Sullivan's March Marker is next to The Sullivan Expedition against The Iroquois Indians 1779 image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Don Morfe, August 2, 2015

3. Sullivan's March Marker is next to The Sullivan Expedition against The Iroquois Indians 1779

Sullivan's March Marker showing the Sullivan Expedition plaque image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Don Morfe, August 2, 2015

4. Sullivan's March Marker showing the Sullivan Expedition plaque

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on August 9, 2015, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. This page has been viewed 1,244 times since then and 61 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on August 9, 2015, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.