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WATERMAN’S MONUMENT

WATERMAN’S MONUMENT
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Location: VALLEY FORGE NATIONAL HISTORIC PARK

City: VALLEY FORGE

State: Pennsylvania

Zip Code: 19481

Type of Memorial: Obelisks War Monument

Access: Public

Wars Commemorated: REVOLUTIONARY WAR

Photograph By: WILLIAM FISCHER, JR.

Submitted By: COURTESY OF HMdb.org

ON ONE SIDE OF THIS MONUMENT THE TEXT READS:
TO THE SOLDIERS OF WASHINGTON’S ARMY WHO SLEEP IN VALLEY FORGE 1777-1778
ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THIS MONUMENT THE TEXT READS:
NEAR THIS SPOT LIES LIEUTENANT JOHN WATERMAN, DIED APRIL 23, 1778, WHOSE GRAVE ALONE OF ALL HIS COMRADES IS MARKED.
SEE ALSO-WATERMAN’S MONUMENT PLAQUE


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