Historical Markers and War Memorials in Warminster, Pennsylvania
Doylestown is the county seat for Bucks County
Warminster is in Bucks County
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On York Road (Pennsylvania Route 263) north of Old York Road, on the right.
Fire Department New York
[Roll of Honored Dead]
NYPD
[Roll of Honored Dead]
NY/NJ Port Authority
[Roll of Honored Dead]
[Beam Remnant from World Trade Center]
[WTC Twin Towers Model]
[Many memorial . . . — — Map (db m116120) WM
On Newtown Road south of Street Road (Pennsylvania Route 132), on the left when traveling south.
Fitch tested near here a model steamboat in 1785. Before his death in 1798, he built 4 mechanically successful steamboats. The first in the U.S., they proved financial failures, leaving final success of the idea to Robert Fulton.
Adjacent, . . . — — Map (db m21470) HM
On York Road (Pennsylvania Route 263) east of Old York Road, on the right when traveling east.
John Kulick
who was killed in action while serving in the
United States Army in Iraq, August 9, 2005.
John was a firefighter with the Enterprise Fire Co.,
Hatboro; the U.S. Navy Fire Dept. at the Willow Grove
Naval Air Station and the . . . — — Map (db m116170) WM
This site was acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War II from the Brewster Aircraft Corporation; it served as a strategic locale for weapons development and testing of modern aircraft. Later, it was a training facility for America's Mercury, . . . — — Map (db m86385) HM
On York Road (Pennsylvania Route 263), on the left when traveling north.
Main Marker:
Built by Rev. William Tennent c. 1735, it was the first academy in America for the training of Presbyterian ministers and the first college in Pa. A number of notable revivalist preachers and educators graduated from this . . . — — Map (db m21486) HM
On Jacksonville Road (Pennsylvania Route 332) 0.2 miles north of County Line Road, on the right when traveling north.
The Battle of the Crooked Billet
was fought around this spot
May 1, 1778.
General John Lacey's Command of 400 Officers
and men stationed at The Crooked Billet (now
Hatboro) were attacked by a detachment of
800 men of British Cavalry and . . . — — Map (db m41508) HM
Solitary Sandpiper When to look: April-May, August-September *How big: 9 inches long *What to look for: Dark back with light spots. *What to listen for: High pitched whistle.
Spotted Sandpiper When to look: April-September *How big: . . . — — Map (db m86386) HM
On Bristol Road at Old York Road, on the right when traveling west on Bristol Road.
The tavern at Cross Roads, as Hartsville was initially called, was erected in 1742 and was once the scene of much activity, including cattle auctions. Nearby was land that became an encampment site for 13,000 of George Washington's soldiers in 1777. . . . — — Map (db m23310) HM
Gen. Washington's headquarters Aug. 10-23, 1777, during the Neshaminy encampment of 11,000 troops. Here, the Marquis de Lafayette functioned for the first time as Major General at the Council of War on Aug. 21, and Count Casimir Pulaski of Poland . . . — — Map (db m86332) HM
