The Battle of Crooked Billet Monument
Union
Monument type:
Obelisk
Artist:
Dedication Date:
Address:
Montgomery
Pennsylvania
United States of America
Inscription:
Gen. John Lacey, commanded the American patriots who where here engaged in the conflict for Independence. Col William Dean. Capt Isaac Longstreth.
-In memory of Patriotic Capt John Downey and others who were cruelly slain on this ground in the struggle for American liberty.
A grateful tribute by the Hatbobough Monument Association, Chartered and erected A.D. 1861.
The Patriots of 1776 achieved our independence. Their successors established it in 1812. We are now struggling for its perpetuation in 1861. The Union must and shall be preserved.
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Conception Date:
Opening Date:
1861-12-05
Material:
Marble - grey
Size:
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Creator:
Dan Stone
Cost / Value:
Erected by:
Hatborough Monument Association
Funded by:
Town of Hatboro
Run by:
Indigenous Land
Lenape
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