Historical Markers and War Memorials in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania
Media is the county seat for Delaware County
Swarthmore is in Delaware County
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To the right, you will find the Benjamin West House, the birthplace of American painter Benjamin West (1738-1820). Best known for his paintings The Death of General Wolfe (c.1771) and The Treaty of Penn with Indians (1772), he lived in . . . — — Map (db m138648) HM
Famous American painter; born in this house, Oct. 10, 1738. Best known for the picture, "Penn's Treaty with the Indians." Died 1820, in Europe, where he had lived since 1759. — — Map (db m135806) HM
[Died in Service]
Harold Ainsworth • Collins Chambers • Frederick Hawthorne
M.C. Johnson • Maurice F. Witmer
[Veterans]
Cyril Ainsworth • Eric Ainsworth • Marcus Ainsworth • C. Vernon Andrews
Leroy R. Andrews • Herbert Ashton • . . . — — Map (db m174245) WM
In memory of those from the
Borough of Swarthmore
who gave their lives
in World War II
Webster S. Allyn • Marcus C. Burgett • Wilson Burke
Paul D. Caldwell • Bruce S. Cook • George E. Davisson
Milton H. Fussell III • I. John . . . — — Map (db m174240) WM
