BATTLE OF GERMANTOWN MONUMENT
WASHINGTON TO THE PRESIDENT OF CONGRESS:
UPON THE WHOLE IT MAY BE SAID THAT THE DAY WAS UNFORTUNATE RATHER THAN INJURIOUS, WE SUSTAINED NO MATERIAL LOSS. THE ENEMY ARE NOTHING THE BETTER BY THE EVENT & OUR TROOPS, WHO ARE NOT IN THE LEAST DISPIRITED BY IT, HAVE GAINED WHAT ALL YOUNG TROOPS GAIN BY BEING IN ACTIONS.
ERECTED BY THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA IN COMMEMORATION OF THE BATTLE OF GERMANTOWN, FOUGHT OCTOBER 4TH, 1777.
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Memorial Type:
War Monuments
Access:
Public
Wars Commemorated:
REVOLUTIONARY WAR
Year Dedicated:
Photograph By:
BILL COUGHLIN
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