Wayne County NcArchives News.....General Wayne Monument 1811
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Raleigh Minerva, June 21, 1811 1811
MONUMENT TO GENERAL WAYNE
   On the 5th inst. a monument was erected at Radnor Church in Chester County, 
Pa. by the Pennsylvania State Society of Cincinnati to the memory of MAJOR 
GENERAL ANTHONY WAYNE. -- The Cincinnati were escorted by the Regiment of 
Philadelphia Cavalry and joined on the road by the troops, making in the whole 
three thousand, and an immense concourse of citizens. An Oration was delivered 
on the occasion by DR. WILLIAM RODGERS, Professor of Rhetoric at the 
University of Pennsylvania, embracing a brief biography of GENERAL WAYNE, and 
an enumeration of his most distinguished public services. On the Monument, 
which is of white marble, and of elegant, but simple structure, is the 
following:
 
                              INSCRIPTION

   Engraved on the first side of the monument
   "In honor of the distinguished military services of MAJOR GENERAL ANTHONY 
WAYNE, and as an affectionate tribute of respect to his memory, this stone was 
erected by his companions in arms, The Pennsylvania State Society of 
Cincinnati*, July 4, 1809, thirty-fourth anniversary of the Independence of 
the United States of America, an event, which constitutes the most appropriate 
eulogium of an American Soldier and Patriot"
 
                               INSCRIPTION

   Engraved on the third side of the Monument
   "MAJOR GENERAL ANTHONY WAYNE, was born at Waynesborough, in Chester County, 
State of Pennsylvania, A. D., 1746. After a life of honor and usefulness, he 
died in December, 1796, at a military post on the shore of Lake Erie, 
commander-in-chief of the army of the United States. His military achievements 
are consecrated in the history of his country, and in the hearts of his 
countrymen. His remains are here deposited.
 
[* The Order of Cincinnati was formed by President George Washington shortly 
after the Revolution, and consisted to men who had served in the Revolutionary 
War and their descendants.] 

Note: Wayne County, NC was named after General Anthony Wayne.

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