Evening journal., 1905-08-03
.BRANDYWINE
BATTLEFIELD
How This Famous Revolu-
tionary Spot Looks at
Present Time
BEHtRMENTs BY STATE URGED
The west chester, Pa. Local News

The West Chester, Pa Local News
says:
The recent opening Of Valley Forge's
sacred precincts as a National Park
should be an incentive TO patriotic
people Of Chester county TO urge the
State government TO make decent and
deserved appropriation for the pur-
chase and rehabiliment Of Brandywine
battlefield as we'll Each recurring
year makes this more urgent. and also
more difficulty to properly establish
the lines and landmarks of this battle.
which though repulse, was not a
disastrous defeat under existing cir
lcumstances.
Yesterday a representative OF this
paper walked over the route OF march
lof General Howe's troops on Septem-
her II, III The country as viewed
from the Somehow hills was even
more beautiful than when the great
British generals eye took In a view of
Ia fertile and beautiful farming district
Gould that general return today. and
lrote the comfortable homes. bursting
barns, rolling hills and velvety. grass
covered valleys. he would understand
" by the American people are the hap
, lpy and prosperous people that they
lare.-
The trip from Sconnelltown TO Os-
ltorne's Hin is over well-kept coun-
/, TRY road, past many fertile farms and
fine homes. Orchards are fruited deep
and crops now growing give promise
Of bounteous yield The harvested
crops have been large. the kline stand.
/, Ilsnee deep IN second crop clover, or
green grass In the meadows On the
high point at OHborne's the sign board
erected by the Chester County Histor-
ical Society tells OF the stop made
there by the British to reconnoItre.
There should be a more fitting mark
a erected al that point West Chesters
spires can be seen to the northeast. the
! tan stack at Lenape is seen IN the
west. and the Friends Meeting House
lat Birmingham is noted to the south.
Past the model farms and homes Of
4 1.-THE two Sharplesses Benjamin and
Thomas. brings the traveller 70 the
lSreet Road. that wide and straight
(, lthoroughfare. which traverses nearly
the entire width Of Chester county.
. Along this run the wires which today
/. flash news of commerce OF grea,
country. and war and peace rumors
1.-The telegraph was not known in u
md Squire Cheyney on horseback wa
. 1.-The messenger in those days to warr
4 The American army of the detour OF
Howes troops TO Trinbles ard JEFF.
q ferris fords to Birmingham. there I,
= lturn the flank OF Washington's Cont.
= lEentals. AT the Street Road table
L ltelis IN large letters that Il was a
this point the first shot of the secon,
n edition Of the Battle Of Brandywin'
1. took place From thence on TO tn
~ neeting house. it is supposed and his
n tory tells US. that General Stirring
81 troops contended with Howes well
~ TRAINED troops.
Diverging a moment at Birmingham
80 the cemetery Is entered and the tray
Il eler stands besides the shafts erecte
TO the memory OF the heroes Of Bran
N dywine. The builder has seen 1T q
i, style the second section Of Brandywin
,s field the Battle OF Birmingham" /
Al lnatters not for history has stamped 4
u as the Battle OF Brandywine. and 81
n liz win go down in ages. The tai
shaft is not handsome. but In looks /
portrays the ruggedness and solidit,
CT the Continental soldier. In The ab
s=fce of any National or state effor
a. commemorate the dead heroes o
~. the private remembrance stand
=, out in bold relief.
III The French and Polish patriots whit
All so nobly assisted the Americans in tn
days which tried mems souls are no
forgotten. and a tablet bearing tn
lo names Of Lafayette. Pulaski. De Grass
Is land others is reared here by the sam
OF person. other monuments which tel
at of patriotic valor are also here. TIL
as monument to Captain Mcclellan is
A. handsome one. fitting no doubt TO IN
o. lheroisln Of one of the devoted follow
be ers Of Wayne. Both were Cheste
e. county patriots who gave their bes
er efforts for a common cause.
Is There are haliowed memories in tn
TO loll graveyard adjoining. The pride q
heraldry nor the pomp Of power di
n mot attach to all the dead who lie bur
Ie- lied here. There are ancestors Of man
ST, OF our best people laid in their narro'
he, cells here in years agone. They ha
IT, their missions and served Il we'll tn
is fertile farms OF today are marks {
in their early industry. when woods an
he rugged fields were cleared, the Ian
he titled, happy homes built, and intell
,al gent children reared. to become III
nv lIIuOu ana cilltW oA a itN hntAA'
vouchsafed by those who bore arm
VI In defense of the colonists' rights. A
se- lhad some mission and performed
on The old graveyard is not now use
no hut the newer ones are dotted all Owe
Lp- with stones marking the last restin
'rs place of many loved and respecte
ey lpeople.
OF, The old Meeting House. whose iool
ey are stained with patriot blood. loot
srs lust the same as did 12S years ag
ny no doubt, for Quaker meeting house
do not change much. its member
TN tenets little. This old building wa
'ih the hospital-in the adjoining lot al
Xxi buried many patriot dead. Here is n
sse opportunity for the state to perpetual
ut historic landmarks. There should
ear some method TO keep up all the
'p- scenes as they we're in 17TT, as near
as possible. The spot is visited an
- lnually by many strangers, who woi
der at the indifference OF our people
a lrogard to these matters.
A walk to the spot where the gent
N land noble hearted Lafayette WI
n wounded takes us past the 9th