During the early 1800’s, the cry “Remember Paoli!” stirred listeners with personal memories of war’s harsh realities and lost loved ones, and people continued to gather on the anniversary of the battle at the Paoli Grounds, which became a sacred place of remembrance. The grounds also hosted three-day encampments to train and drill troops for possible service, including calls in the 1840’s as volunteer corps prepared for the Mexican War and in the late 1850’s, amid rising tensions before the Civil War, to make Paoli a Camp of Instruction for all of eastern Pennsylvania. During the 1860’s, the realities of war interrupted the ceremonies and the grounds fell into disrepair. In 1869, three citizen soldiers were appointed by the court to take charge of the Paoli Parade Ground, and with no volunteer organizations remaining in the county and the land still deeded solely to the military, they began raising funds to restore the monument and grounds and preserve the memory of the soldiers slain there. Their effort evolved into the Paoli Monument Committee – Committee of Minutemen, today the Paoli Memorial Association. On September 20, 1877, a centennial celebration was held on the grounds, a new 1877 Centennial Monument was dedicated, and September 20 was restored as a day of remembrance for the soldiers who bled and died there. The grounds again became a place of honor where people gathered to remember Paoli, and additional monuments were later dedicated there to veterans of World War I and World War II.