GEN. LACHLAN MCINTOSH REVOLUTIONARY WAR MEMORIAL
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Listing Details
Location: VALLEY FORGE ROAD AND INNER LINE DRIVE
City: KING OF PRUSSIA
State: Pennsylvania
Zip Code: 19406
Type of Memorial: War Memorial Honor Plaques, Panels. Stones (Individuals)
Year Dedicated: 1959
Access: Public
Wars Commemorated: REVOLUTIONARY WAR
Photograph By: ERIC MILASK
Submitted By: COURTESY OF HMdb.org
“AN OFFICER OF GREAT WORTH AND MERIT”
GEORGE WASHINGTON
DURING THE WINTER OF VALLEY FORGE, GEN. LACHLAN MCINTOSH OF GEORGIA COMMANDED THE FIRST BRIGADE OF THE CONTINENTAL ARMY. THE BRIGADE WHICH WAS COMPOSED OF NORTH CAROLINA REGIMENTS, WAS QUARTERED IN THIS AREA. MCINTOSH ALSO COMMANDED WASHINGTON’S LIFE GUARD.
TO COMMEMORATE THE SERVICE OF GEN. MCINTOSH AND OF OTHER GEORGIANS IN THE YOUNG REPUBLIC’S CRITICAL HOUR OF VALLEY FORGE. THE STATE OF GEORGIA HAS GRATEFULLY ERECTED THIS MEMORIAL.
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