Drumore Celebration - PLAQUE
East Drumore Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
Marker Inscription
This marker perpetuates the memories of four illustrious Americans who were identified with this part of Drumore Township. [4 additional plaques on the same stone monument recognize: Dr. David Ramsay, Gen. John Steele, Col. Thomas Porter, and Col. Archibald Steele.]
Erected by Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
The Story
This stone monument gathers the memory of four notable early Americans tied to the Drumore neighborhood of Lancaster County. Among them, Dr. David Ramsay won fame as a physician and one of the young nation's first historians, while Colonel Archibald Steele was remembered for his part in the Revolutionary era's daring frontier and Canadian campaigns. Together the four represent the Scots-Irish stock that filled Pennsylvania's southern townships and supplied leaders to the Revolution and the early republic.
Why it matters
It honors how a single rural community sent forth soldiers, statesmen, and scholars who helped shape the nation in its founding generation.
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Related people
- · David Ramsay
- · John Steele
- · Thomas Porter
- · Archibald Steele
Related events
- · American Revolution
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