The Chester County Chapter, NSDAR, is focused on historic preservation and has marked the following locations on the dates shown:
Point Lookout near Embreeville, Pennsylvania – July 14, 1908
Joseph Downing’s farm in Downingtown, Pennsylvania – 1953
Uwchlan Friends Meeting House, Exton, Pennsylvania – November 13, 1964
Historic Log Cabin, Downingtown, Pennsylvania – 1973
Upper Octorara United Presbyterian Church, Parkesburg, Pennsylvania – May 1976
Primitive Hall, West Grove, Pennsylvania – May 23, 1981
Grave of Revolutionary War soldier, George King, Ensign, St. Peter’s Episcopal Church Cemetery in Great Valley, Malvern, Pennsylvania. Marked July 1934. Inscription on headstone: “In Memory of George King who departed this Life December 5th 1792 in the 61st Year of his Age.”
Grave of Revolutionary War soldier, John Turner, Marshallton United Methodist Church Cemetery, Marshallton, Pennsylvania. Possible inscription on headstone: “John Turner: Born in Halifax, Nova Scotia January 19, 1757. Died in Chester County, Pennsylvania February 6, 1843. Served in Delaware Militia 1778 – 1783″
Graves of DAR members.
Grave of our founder, Malinda Hoopes, Oaklands Cemetery, West Chester, Pennsylvania – May 18, 2019.
Coatesville Veterans Administration memorial garden, dedicated on April 30, 2021.
Dedicated on May 21, 2022 in the Bala Farms housing development in West Chester, Pennsylvania, on the site formerly owned by Jean Kane Foulke.
The Chester County Chapter, NSDAR, has provided monetary contributions to mark and/or erect the following historical monuments:
Brandywine Battlefield and Lafayette Monument, Birmingham Lafayette Cemetery, West Chester, Pennsylvania
Monument in Mount Zion Cemetery adjoining Ephrata Cloister, Ephrata, Pensylvania
Star Gazer’s Stone, near Embreeville, Pennsylvania
Paoli Massacre Memorial, Malvern, Pennsylvania
Washington’s Headquarters, Valley Forge, Pennsylvania
Armed Forces Monument, Borough of West Chester Municipal Building, West Chester, Pennsylvania
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Last updated: 2/14/23
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