Braddock’s Grave

Major General Edward Braddock, commanding the 44th and 48th regiments of English Regulars, was mortally wounded on July 9, 1755, in an engagement with the French and Indians under Captain M. de Beaujeu at the Battle of Monongahela within ten miles of Fort Duquesne, now Pittsburg. He was borne back with the retreating army to the Old Orchard Camp about one fourth of a mile west of this park, where he died on July 13, 1755. Lieutenant Colonel George Washington read the Burial Service at the grave.

Farmington, Pennsylvania · United States