Battlefield of Wyoming
Between 4 and 5 o'clock in the afternoon of July 3, 1778, an American force of about 300 men, led by Col. Zebulon Butler, Col. Nathan Denison, Lieut. Col. George Dorrance and Major Jonathan Garrett formed in line of battle east and west of this spot, then advanced in a northerly direction about a mine and attacked some 700 British and Indians, but were driven back beyond this point and of the Americans engaged more than half of them were slain in the battle and in the massacre that followed.
Erected by the Rotary Club of Wyoming, PA.
July 1935
Marker is at the intersection of Wyoming Avenue (U.S. 11) and Fourth Street, on the right when traveling north on Wyoming Avenue.
Courtesy hmdb.org
