In Memory of the Brave Soldiers of the Continental Army
who died in this building when it was used by order of General Washington as a military hospital from Dec. 19, 1777 to Aug. 28, 1778. This tablet is erected by the Lititz Moravian Congregation
of the 450 men quartered here, there died 120, of whom 110 were buried near the eastern limit of the settlement.
Marker can be reached from the intersection of E. Main Street and S. Water St., on the right when traveling east.
Courtesy hmdb.org
