The Battle of Crooked Billet Monument

Dublin Core

Title

The Battle of Crooked Billet Monument

Creator

Dan Stone

Source

unionmonument

Date

1861-12-05

Contributor

carascott

Type

Site

Identifier

2120

Extent

m x m x m

Spatial Coverage

current,40.183856001457734,-75.09990513324739;

Europeana

Country

United States of America

Europeana Data Provider

The Battle of Crooked Billet Monument

Europeana Type

TEXT

Site Item Type Metadata

Wiki

https://www.cineg.org/wiki/index.php/The_Battle_of_Crooked_Billet_Monument

Monument Type

Obelisk

Erected by

Hatborough Monument Association

Funded by

Town of Hatboro

Material

Marble - grey

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.

Organisation

Hatborough Monument Association

State

Pennsylvania

County

Montgomery

Affiliation

Union

Indigenous Land

Lenape

Town

Hatboro

Location Type

City