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Capt. Phillips' Rangers Memorial

 
 
Capt. Phillips' Rangers Memorial Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Don Morfe, November 10, 2015
1. Capt. Phillips' Rangers Memorial Marker
Inscription. Graves of ten of Capt. Phillips' militia killed by Indians, July 16, 1780. Administered by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission.
 
Erected 1964 by Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission.
 
Topics and series. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Indigenous Peoples and CommunitiesWar, US Revolutionary. In addition, it is included in the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (PHMC) series list.
 
Location. 40° 15.593′ N, 78° 15.973′ W. Memorial is near Stonerstown, Pennsylvania, in Bedford County. It is in Liberty Township. It is on Capt. Phillips Memorial Road. This marker is located at the site. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Saxton PA 16678, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in South-Central Pennsylvania and in the Laurel Highlands. 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,
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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 5 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: A different marker also named Capt. Phillips' Rangers Memorial (here, next to this marker); Phillips' Rangers (approx. 0.4 miles away); Veterans Memorial (approx. 3 miles away); Saxton (approx. 3.1 miles away); Morrisons Cove Gettysburg Memorial (approx. 4½ miles away); Morrisons Cove Memorial Park (approx. 4½ miles away); Walton Gene Henry (approx. 4½ miles away); The Yellow Corner (approx. 4.7 miles away).
 
More about this memorial. This state historical marker is down for maintenance.
 
Capt. Phillips' Rangers Memorial Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Don Morfe, November 10, 2015
2. Capt. Phillips' Rangers Memorial Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on February 7, 2023. It was originally submitted on November 29, 2015, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. This page has been viewed 1,188 times since then and 22 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on November 29, 2015, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
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