In the News: "Revolutionary War Historic Marker Dedication" in the Frederick News-Post

An interpretive marker commemorating the march of Anthony Wayne and a thousand Pennsylvania troops through Frederick County in 1781 was dedicated at a ceremony in Riverside Park on the Monocacy River on Saturday, December 6, 2025. The ceremony was sponsored by the Sgt. Lawrence Everhart Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution, and was organized in partnership with the Frederick County U.S. Semiquincentennial Commission. Anthony Wayne and his troops left York Pennsylvania on May 26, 1781, and passed though Frederick County on their way to reinforce the troops under Lafayette’s command in Virginia who were attempting to hold back a much larger British invasion force under Cornwallis. When Wayne combined forces with Lafayette, this changed the course of the war in Virginia; Cornwallis turned back toward the seaboard, resulting in the American-French victory at Yorktown. The interpretive marker, entitled “Revolutionary War Encampment,” has been made possible by a grant from the Heart of the Civil War Heritage Area, a certified heritage area of the Maryland Heritage Areas Authority.