Revolutionary War Memorial in Lititz, Pennsylvania

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Get directions Lititz, Pennsylvania, USA

Coordinates: 40.15494, -76.29470
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On this site are interred the remains of 110 soldiers from General Washington's Continental Army. Wounded in the Battle of Brandywine and Germantown these soldiers were transported to Lititz between December 1777 and August 1778. Hospitalized in the Morovian Brethern's House, they succumbed to their wounds or illnesses and were buried in unmarked graves, due to the religious beliefs of the community. To honor their ultimate sacrifices this memorial was dedicated in 1930. There remains were discovered in 1932 and re-interred here. They were buried without written record of their identities making them some of Americas first unknown soldiers.