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

General Anthony Wayne Blockhouse

Photographed by Dale K. Benington, August 1, 2009

1. General Anthony Wayne Blockhouse Marker

Inscription. In Memory of
General Anthony Wayne
Who Died Here Dec. 15th, 1796

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • War, US Revolutionary • Wars, US Indian. A significant historical date for this entry is December 15, 1796.

Location. 42° 8.404′ N, 80° 4.46′ W. Marker is in Erie, Pennsylvania, in Erie County. It can be reached from Ash Street 0.2 miles East 3rd Street, on the left. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Erie PA 16507, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Northwestern Pennsylvania.

It is also in the American Northeast,

on the Great Lakes,

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 Viceroyalty of New France,

the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,

and one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Avenue of Flags (about 800 feet away, measured

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in a direct line); Dedicated to Those in Northwestern PA. Wounded in All Wars (approx. 0.2 miles away); The U.S. Navy Seabee Veterans of America (approx. 0.2 miles away); American Fort (approx. 0.3 miles away); Erie Heritage (approx. 0.3 miles away); Erie Area Native Americans (approx. 0.3 miles away); Fort Presque Isle (approx. 0.3 miles away); Fort de la Presqu'ile (approx. 0.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Erie.

More about this marker. To view this historical marker drive north on Ash Street until it ends at the entrance of the Soldiers and Sailors Home. Proceed through the entrance, onto the grounds of this facility, and bear to your left on the facility's service road. This road will lead you to the facility's gated cemetery. Do not enter the cemetery, but instead bear left once again to a gravel service road which initially follows the southern boundary of the cemetery, and then takes you to the Wayne Blockhouse.

Regarding General Anthony Wayne Blockhouse. On December 15, 1796 General "mad" Anthony Wayne died and was buried at the foot of the flag pole at Fort Presqu'Isle. In 1853 the abandoned

Photographed by Dale K. Benington, August 1, 2009

2. General Anthony Wayne Blockhouse Marker

View of the historical marker displayed over the entrance to the Wayne Blockhouse.

fortification was burned down and the land around it leveled. The gravesite of General Wayne was lost until rediscovered again in 1878. In 1880 the state of Pennsylvania built a replica of the fort's blockhouse over the re-discovered grave of General Wayne and called it the Wayne Blockhouse.

The story of Major General "Mad Anthony" Wayne, Revolutionary War hero and Commander-in-Chief of the American Army, being buried in two separate locations nearly 400 miles apart, is truly strange, but true. The Wayne Blockhouse is the original location after his death in 1796, and the place where his flesh was buried after his remains were dismembered and the flesh boiled off of his bones in 1809. The rest of General "Mad" Anthony Wayne was buried at St. David's Church, in Radnor, Pennsylvania, just outside of Philadelphia.

Also see . . .
1. Anthony Wayne. Wikipedia entry (Submitted on August 6, 2009, by Dale K. Benington of Toledo, Ohio.)

2. Wayne Buried in Two Places. Paoli Battlefield Preservation Fund website entry (Submitted on August 6, 2009, by Dale K. Benington of Toledo, Ohio.)

3. Where Mad Anthony Wayne Died.

General Anthony Wayne Blockhouse image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Dale K. Benington, August 1, 2009

3. General Anthony Wayne Blockhouse

View of the Anthony Wayne Blockhouse, built upon the site of General "Mad" Anthony Wayne's original grave. The historical marker is located over the entrance to the blockhouse.

Roadside America website entry (Submitted on January 16, 2010, by Dale K. Benington of Toledo, Ohio.)

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