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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Wayne

 
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1 ► Pennsylvania, Chester County, Wayne, Tredyffrin Township — Anthony Wayne's Headquarters, 1777-78 —
Six hundred yards N.E. of this stone were the headquarters of Anthony Wayne in 1777-78. — — Map (db m28105) HM WM
2 ► Pennsylvania, Montgomery County, Wayne, Upper Merion Township — DeKalb’s Division — Continental Army — Valley Forge   December 19 1777   June 18 1778 —
Major General Baron DeKalb Patterson’s Brigade Brig. General John Patterson commanding 10th Massachusetts Infantry     Col. Thomas Marshall 11th Massachusetts Infantry     Col. Benjamin Tupper 12th Massachusetts Infantry     Col. Samuel Brewer 14th . . . — — Map (db m28838) HM
3 ► Pennsylvania, Montgomery County, Wayne, Upper Merion Township — DeKalb's Division — Learned's Brigade —
Continental Army Valley Forge December 19 1777 - June 18 1778 DeKalb’s Division Major General Baron DeKalb Learned's Brigade Brig. General Ebenezer Learned Commanding 2nd Massachusetts Infantry - Col. John Bailey 8th Massachusetts . . . — — Map (db m237858) WM
4 ► Pennsylvania, Delaware County, Wayne — An Essential Position on the Front Line —
You are standing on the front line of the Continental Army's Valley Forge encampment. General Peter Muhlenberg's Virginia brigade, one of 15 brigades at Valley Forge, held this ground. His troops protected this position by building and then guarding . . . — — Map (db m193692) HM
5 ► Pennsylvania, Montgomery County, Wayne, Upper Merion Township — Greene’s Division — Continental Army — Valley Forge   December 19 1777   June 18 1778 —
Major General Nathaniel Greene Weedon’s Brigade Brig. General George Weedon commanding 13th Regiment Infantry Pennsylvania Line   Col. Walter Stewart (Raised as “State Regiment of Foot” March 1 1777 attached to Pennsylvania Line as 13th . . . — — Map (db m28841) HM
6 ► Pennsylvania, Delaware County, Wayne, Radnor Township — In Jan, 1945 died here in heroic struggles by the German Offensive Eric Fisher Wood Capt. U.S.Army — Fand hier den Heldentod nach schweren Einzelkampfen (Heroic death was found here in single combat) — Er ruhe in Frieden (He rests in peace) —
From December 16, 1944 until about January 20th, 1945, First Lieutenant Eric Fisher Wood, Jr., VFMA class of 1937, U.S. Army, A Battery 589th Field Artillery Battalion of the 106th Infantry Division was separated from his unit. With the help of . . . — — Map (db m153642) HM WM
7 ► Pennsylvania, Chester County, Wayne, Tredyffrin Township — In Memory of Unknown Soldiers —
In memory of unknown soldiers buried at Valley Forge 1777 - 1778 — — Map (db m55883) WM
8 ► Pennsylvania, Montgomery County, Wayne, Upper Merion Township — Log City —
Following their arrival December 19, 1777, the men immediately set to work building huts for shelter. General orders the preceding day specified the size and design of the huts: 14 x 16 feet each, 6½ feet high, a door next to the street and a . . . — — Map (db m6149) HM
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9 ► Pennsylvania, Montgomery County, Wayne, Upper Merion Township — Maine —
To commemorate the officers and men from that part of New England now known as the State of Maine who served in Massachusetts regiments in the Continental Army under Washington at Valley Forge in the winter of 1777 – 8 sharing the hardships . . . — — Map (db m28837) HM WM
10 ► Pennsylvania, Chester County, Wayne, Tredyffrin Township — Pennsylvania Division — Continental Army — Valley Forge   December 19 1777   June 18 1778 —
Brigadier General Anthony Wayne First Brigade Colonel Thomas Hartley commanding 1st Regiment Infantry ---------- Colonel James Chambers Raised July 1 1776   Mutered out November 3 1783 2d Regiment Infantry ---------- Colonel Henry Bicker Raised . . . — — Map (db m273661) HM
11 ► Pennsylvania, Chester County, Wayne, Tredyffrin Township — Poor’s Brigade — Continental Army — Valley Forge   December 19 1777   June 18 1778 —
Division -------------------- Poor’s Brigade Brig. Gen. Enoch Poor commanding 1st Regiment New Hampshire Infantry   Col. Joseph Cilley 2nd Regiment New Hampshire Infantry   Col. Nathan Hale 3rd Regiment New Hampshire Infantry   Col. Alexander . . . — — Map (db m273659) HM WM
12 ► Pennsylvania, Delaware County, Wayne — Road to Valley Forge —
During the American Revolution, General George Washington and the Continental Army camped here at Valley Forge for six months in the winter of 1777-1778. This was the third year of what would be an eight-year war. The British landed at the head of . . . — — Map (db m193691) HM
13 ► Pennsylvania, Chester County, Wayne, Tredyffrin Township — Site of the Stone Chimney Picket —
100 feet west — — Map (db m136008) HM
14 ► Pennsylvania, Chester County, Wayne, Tredyffrin Township — Valley Forge Hut —
The Hut nearby built according to Washington’s Orders for the Construction of Huts for the Winter Camp of 1777-1778 stands on the Site of a similar Hut which sheltered Soldiers of the Pennsylvania Line and it commemorates their Fortitude in the . . . — — Map (db m5670) HM
15 ► Pennsylvania, Delaware County, Wayne, Radnor Township — Wayne Natatorium —
Among the largest open-air in-ground swimming pools in the US when it opened here in 1895, it measured 500 feet by 100 feet. The spring-fed pool hosted National Swimming Association championships in the late 19th century. Although female swimmers . . . — — Map (db m83377) HM
 
 
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Nov. 11, 2026