Ancestors return Children of the American Revolution visit Lititz to honor patriots who died here in 1778
By: JOHN CRAWFORD Record Express Correspondent, Staff Writer

Photo by Preston Whitcraft
Children of the American Revolution were in Lititz Sunday to honor 110 soldiers buried along East Main Street.Photo by Preston Whitcraft
Children of the American Revolution were in Lititz Sunday to honor 110 soldiers buried along East Main Street.
They came to Lititz as patriots, wounded in service to their fledgling country in battles such as Brandywine and Germantown.
General George Washington had commandeered the Moravian Brothers House in Lititz to be used as a hospital in December of 1777 and the soldiers began arriving on Dec. 19.
“A total of four hundred and fifty sick and wounded soldiers of the Continental Army and a few Hessian prisoners
Posted: February 16th, 2012 under News.
