Summerseat

Morrisville, PA · est. 1949

This marker distills Pennsylvania's outsized place in the American founding into a few lines. William Penn secured his charter in 1681 and built a colony rooted in Quaker ideals of tolerance and self-government. A century later its capital, Philadelphia, hosted the drafting of both the Declaration of Independence and the United States Constitution.

Hopewell Township, NJ

On the bitter night of December 25, 1776, George Washington ferried the Continental Army across the ice-choked Delaware River in a daring surprise maneuver, then marched inland through freezing sleet toward Trenton. The gamble came at one of the Revolution's darkest hours, with enlistments expiring and the cause near collapse. The next morning his troops overwhelmed the Hessian garrison at Trenton in a stunning, nearly bloodless victory. Markers like this one trace the routes and river approaches the army used on that pivotal march.

Langhorne, PA · est. 1999

In the winter of 1776–77, the village then called Four Lanes End became a place of recovery and death for Continental soldiers. Wounded in the two Battles of Trenton and stricken by disease during that brutal winter, the men were treated in four hospital buildings here after Washington's forces passed through. Archaeological work in 1992 confirmed the burial ground, where written accounts say roughly 166 soldiers were laid to rest.

Upper Makefield Township, PA

Near this spot on the night of December 25–26, 1776, George Washington led the Continental Army across the ice-choked Delaware River in a daring surprise maneuver. The crossing set up the victory at Trenton the next morning, a stunning reversal that revived the flagging American cause at one of the Revolution's darkest moments. The Pennsylvania bank where the troops embarked is remembered as one of the war's most storied sites.