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The Upper Burial Ground - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

The Upper Burial Ground - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Plaque on the wall outside The Upper Burial Ground. Germantown section of Philadelphia.

Plaque on the wall outside The Upper Burial Ground. Germantown section of Philadelphia.

Located near:

Germantown Avenue & Washington Lane
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Another pPlaque on the wall outside The Upper Burial Ground. Germantown section of Philadelphia.

Another pPlaque on the wall outside The Upper Burial Ground. Germantown section of Philadelphia.

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The gate was locked during my June 2018 visit to The Upper Burial Ground in Germantown.

Burials date back to the early 1700's here. So... this cemetery is ancient.

Fifty-eight Revolutionary War soldiers are buried here in a mass grave. (Killed during the Battle of Germantown.)

The Upper Burial Ground. Germantown section of Philadelphia.

The Upper Burial Ground. Germantown section of Philadelphia.

St. Luke's Episcopal Church Cemetery - Germantown / Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

St. Luke's Episcopal Church Cemetery - Germantown / Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

St. Michael's Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

St. Michael's Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania