The following pictures were taken at Washington Crossing State Park in Washington Crossing, Lower Bucks County Pa.
The state can no longer afford to care for the park, so concerned citizens have come together to preserve our National Heritage. The Park is huge with 40 colonial buildings in various stages of conservation respecting the authenticity of the period. Condition varies from abandoned to fully restored buildings.
I will photograph the entire site for your viewing over the summer, I am posting these photograph as a possible first memorial to these Soldiers, among present and former Soldiers, out of respect for what this Day truly represents, as this site maybe our Nation’s First Unknown Soldiers Grave Site.
The Cemetery was accidently discovered a year ago, by a husband and wife out for a walk. It was so over grown and suffered from so many Years of neglect that no one knew it was there!!! Since then a partial restoration has taken place, and on this Memorial Day, the site will be officially rededicated; honoring these Unknown Soldiers of the Continental line for the first time, in at least a generation, and quite possibly more.
The cemetery was built as a WPA project
All the work, equipment, and there was a ton, to prepare the site; from grass cutting, steeplejack painting, 40 X 30 Flag, along with the Grave site Flags were donated by ordinary citizens.
Captain James Moore is the only grave identified, all others are unknown. His Grave is centered among the unknowns
The Grave's are situated on the banks of the Delaware river, if you look closely through the trees you can see the river.
http://www.friendsofwashingtoncrossingpark.com/
http://www.ushistory.org/washingtonc...tory/index.htm
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