Bushy Run Station keeper Andrew Byerly was one of the first settlers to own part of the battlefield. He and his family returned in 1765 and built a new station, and by 1769 they owned almost 300 acres of the battlefield. Over the next 150 years the property passed through several local families until farmer John Wanamaker sold four acres to the Bushy Run Memorial Association in 1921. Formed in 1918, the Association worked with local school children to collect over 70,000 pennies and purchase a total of 6.5 acres, establishing Bushy Run Park. The park was taken over by the Commonwealth in 1927 and became a State Historic Site in 1963. Today the battlefield consists of over 230 acres and is maintained by the Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission. The Bushy Run Battlefield Heritage Society, formed in 1980, continues the efforts begun by the Bushy Run Memorial Association to assure preservation and support interpretation of the historic site. The 250th Anniversary monument was dedicated in August 2013. Designed by artists Robert Griffing and John Buxton and sculpted by Wayne Hyde, it was the first monument placed at the park in nearly 100 years and honors the men who lost their lives at the Battle of Bushy Run in August 1763.
