The Battle of Barren Hill
Battlefields Cemeteries, Graves, Burial Grounds Churches, Cathedrals, Mosques, Synagogues, Temples History
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The Battle of Barren Hill
Outnumbered eight to one by 16,000 British Troops, the Marquis de Lafayette staged a fake attack by the colonialists in the cemetery of this church that tricked the British until the colonialists could escape. See the Phila. Inquirer, 9/6/11 at B1, and the Norristown Times Herald of 9/1/11.
| Publication date | Jun 24, 2018 |
Property ID: 43
Updated on: Jan 08, 2019
Outnumbered eight to one by 16,000 British Troops, the Marquis de Lafayette staged a fake attack by the colonialists in the cemetery of this church that tricked the British until the colonialists could escape. See the Phila. Inquirer, 9/6/11 at B1, and the Norristown Times Herald of 9/1/11.
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St. Peter's Lutheran Church , 3025 Church Road, Lafayette Hill, Pennsylvania, 19444, United States
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Battlefields Cemeteries, Graves, Burial Grounds Churches, Cathedrals, Mosques, Synagogues, Temples History
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Created Date:
06-24-2018
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