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Title: The guide book to historic Germantown
Year: 1902 (1900s)
Authors: Jenkins, Charles Francis, 1865-1951 Site and Relic Society of Germantown (Philadelphia, Pa.)
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Publisher: Germantown
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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ers and persuaded to return to their homes. Philadelphiahad been thrown into a state of great excitement which must ina measure have been communicated to Germantown, for theLutheran pastor in the city came out to Germantown to warnhis people not to take part with the mob. The monument now occupying the square was erected in1883 by Germantown to her soldiers in the Civil War. Theprincipal part of the monument is built of Quincy granite. Thetop block, on which the soldier stands, is a piece of granite fromDevils Den, Gettysburg. The soldier is cut from Westerlygranite. The four mortars were used for coast defence duringthe Civil War. The two bronze cannon on wheels were takenfrom the United States arsenal by Southern sympathizers duringthe war but were subsequently recovered by Union troops. One ofthem has cut upon it a Confederate flag and the name of a Confed-erate officer who was killed while serving the gun. The enclosureis made of musket barrels and bayonets used during the war. 62
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o 63 HISTORIC GERMANTOWN The broken cannon on the north side was part of the arma-ment of the British frigate Augusta, sunk by the American bat-teries while the vessel was attempting to reach Philadelphia dur-ing the Revolutionary War. The crown and British monogram G. R. are on it. The muzzle was blown away by anAmerican cannon ball. Some thirty years ago in removing ob-structions from the river channel the vessel was raised and thisgun recovered. The shell on the south side was presented to the Con-federacy by some friends in England in connection with a bat-tery of Whit worth guns. The cannon on the east of the monument has been in Ger-mantown for many years and was used to fire salutes, etc. On the sides of the monument are found : Coat of Arms of the United States, with a quotation fromone of Websters speeches. Coat of Arms of Pennsylvania, with a quotation from Will-iam Penns writings. Coat of Arms of the City of Philadelphia, with a quotationfrom the Gospel by Luke. A badge of

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