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