Dublin Core
Title
Camp Lacey Doylestown Fair Monument (Doylestown, PA)
Contributor
Caroline Scott
Type
Site
Identifier
2351
Date Issued
1999-09-18
Extent
m x m x m
Medium
Historical Monument Database: https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=23517
Spatial Coverage
current,40.30654471596775,-75.13782429059681;
Europeana
Country
United States
Europeana Data Provider
Camp Lacey Doylestown Fair Monument (Doylestown, PA)
Europeana Type
TEXT
Site Item Type Metadata
Wiki
https://www.cineg.org/wiki/index.php/Camp_Lacey_Doylestown_Fair_Monument_(Doylestown,_PA)
Monument Type
Monument
Erected by
Civil War Round Table
Inscription
Camp Lacey
Bucks County's own 104th Vol. Regiment est. a Civil War military tent city here in 1861. Their training completed, 1,049 men led by Colonel W.W.H. Davis, departed the Doylestown train station to join the Army of the Potomac.
Doylestown Fair
In 1865, following the Civil War, the town's first fair was organized on this site. One of North America's premier fairs until its demise in 1891. The last remaining fair building was razed in 1997 for student parking.
Dedicated Sept. 18, 1999
State
Pennsylvania
County
Bucks
Affiliation
Union
Town
Doylestown
Location Type
City