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Horsham Township

Founded in 1717, comprises

16.5 square miles. Named for

a town in Sussex, England.

Site of Graeme Park,

residence of Governor Sir

William Keith 1717-1726.

First autogiro flight in

U.S. made here 1928, Pitcairn

Field - site became U.S.

Naval Air Station 1942.

Marker is on Easton Road (Pennsylvania Route ...

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Nine of Primitive El Paso's Patriotic Heroes

To the memory of

nine of primative El Paso's

patriotic heroes

Emmett Mills

Aged 19

Freeman Thomas - Joe Poacher

M. Champion - John Pontel

Bob Avlin - John Wilson

Who in July 1861

were loyal citizens

of El Paso, Texas

and Loyal employees

of the Butterfield Overland Mail Co.

When all ...

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House and Farm of Colonel James Barrett

House and Farm of

Colonel James Barrett.

Commanding Officer

of the Middlesex Militia

On the morning of April 19, 1775, the British march from Boston which resulted in the outbreak of the Revolutionary War ended here with a search for military stores. Gun ...

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The Breymann Redoubt

History Now

Failing to capture the Balcarres Redoubt, the Americans surged against Crown Forces’ fortifications built here. Attacking relentlessly, they overwhelmed this important defensive position just before nightfall, October 7, 1777.

Never more than a crude barrier of logs, this ...

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Arnold’s Assault

While Morgan’s Light Corps, the 5th and 6th Massachusetts Continentals and other American troops attacked the Breymann Redoubt from the front, the intrepid Benedict Arnold – without a command of his own - joined a handful of Americans in a ...

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Last Hostile Action by Foreign Troops

Site of the Last Hostile Action by Foreign Troops in the Continental United States.

Led by General Francisco (Pancho) Villa, insurgent Mexican forces on the night of March 9, 1916 raided camp Furlong a United States army cantonment, and the nearby ...

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Central College Presbyterian Church

This church was organized April 22, 1843, in conjunction with The Central College of Ohio on land donated by Squire Timothy Lee. The college, chartered in March, 1842, continued until 1892.

This brick chapel was erected in 1870 under the leadership ...

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Horsham Friends Meeting Meeting House

Built 1803

has been placed on the

National Register

of Historic Places

by the United States

Department of the Interior

Marker is at the intersection of Easton Road (Pennsylvania Route 611) and Meetinghouse Road, on the right when traveling north on Easton Road.

Courtesy hmdb.org

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The Ellsworth Chapel

Richard D. Ellsworth

Dedicated with love and gratitude

December 19, 1993

to

the Reverend Richard D. Ellsworth

by the congregation of

Central College Presbyterian Church

for more than thirty-five years

of faithful service to the church

and community.

Marker is on Sunbury Road, on the right when traveling south.

Courtesy ...

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Anthony Wayne's Headquarters, 1777-78

 

Six hundred yards N.E. of

this stone

were the headquarters of

Anthony Wayne in 1777-78.

Marker is at the intersection of Valley Forge Road (Pennsylvania Route 252) and Walker Road, on the right when traveling north on Valley Forge ...

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