Milford chronicle., 1931-09-11
COOCH'S BRIDGE
ASSTATE SHRINE
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is this territory within a few miles
radius of Cooch's Bridge.
Speaking of the camp site along
the Red Clay Creek, near Marshall
ton, Mr.. Cooch said that the earth
works built by Washingtons army
are still visible though very soon
may be wiped out. He said that the
site is covered with brush and that
it is being used as a dumping
place
Perhaps Washington's first visit
to the neighborhoOd was with his
father, to attend a directors meet
ing of the iron works at Principle"
Mr. Cooch said "A record of the
company states that after the meet
ing the elder Washington with his
young son, George, worshipped in a
nearby church. This is thought to
have been the quaint old Saint Mary
Annes Church along the North East
River During the Revolution can
non balls for the American army
were made at Principle. Some of the
iron, no doubt, came from Iron Hill.
THE campaign of August and
September 1777, created many
Washington shrines in Delaware.
One of the most notable of these is
the summit of Iron HILL where
Washington, Lafayette and Greene
recOnnOitered-a beautiful sketch of
which has lately been completed by
Stanley Arthurs.
Another is the house of Seth
James, located somewhere between
Iron Hill and Chestnut Hill, where
the generals spent the night during
a heavy storm, and where Mrs.
James gave her best feather bed for
Washington's use.
Another" the speaker said, lis
the Byrnes house along the White
Clay Creek as Stanton, now Occu-
pied by Truxton Boyce. Here the or
der book kept by Captain Robert
Kirkwood shows that an important
meeting was held of all the high
officers in the American Army"
Washington's encampment on
Washington Heights, Wilmington; |
his visits to the Tatnall house in
Brandywine Village; his stopping at
TIC olSn Vi lllG SNIP at iii u ebAAN
Market streets, as well as his visits .
to New Castle and to Buck Tavern /
are among other places mentioned .
by Mr.. COoch.
The master of ceremonies was Ira .
S. Brinser, State Department, Am
erican Legion historian. He sounded
the motive of the occasion when he
told of the nations need for mObil-
izatiOn of constructive thinking and
action to bring about a renewed
spirit of self reliance and ceopera
tive endeavor to solve the present
problems.
IN gathering together at a ma
tion's shrine, we give our minds
over to the contemplation of those
principles and those institutions
which have been made possible
through the far-reaching effects of
the significant event in the nations
history which we celebrate tonight"
Mr.. Brinser said. ,--.,..--.
He paid tribute to Washington's
soldiers and to the great general,
who carried on under great odds
in the right of men and of human
ity."
This occasion therefore is a spjr-
itual one," Mr.. Brinser said. ut
arouses our sympathies, clarifies
our vision, sensitiZes our apprecia-
tiOns, renews our courage, and sets
our minds quite naturally to a re-
of those principles
for which on this battle ground our
forebears gave all that was near
and dear to them"
He concluded by paying tribute to,
"our host Mr.. Edward w. COoch,
for his patriotic endeavors and for
his interest and efforts in preserv-
ing the national shrine, 'CoOch's