Exiles for Conscience Sake

To the memory of the followers of

Caspar von Schwenckfeld

who fled from Silesia and found

in Pennsylvania a haven of

religious toleration

They landed near this spot 1731-37

Erected by the Society of the Descendants of

the Schwenkfeldian Exiles September 22, 1934

Marker is at the intersection of Walnut Street Promenade and South Columbus Boulevard on Walnut Street Promenade.

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