Visiting a Revolutionary War Gravesite in Spring

A panoramic view of the Continental Army soldiers' graves in Washington Crossing
State Park in Pennsylvania. The panorama distorts the straight line of the graves to a curve.

To experience the peace of the place, it was necessary to go early in the morning to the Continental Army soldiers' graves. The graves are located along the Delaware River at Washington Crossing State Park in Pennsylvania.

Most of the graves are marked as unknown. The soldiers died of disease, wounds or exposure just before the Battle of Trenton on December 25, 1776.

It was necessary to view them at peace early on the spring morning. It was the perfect morning for that.

It was perfectly peaceful.

The row of Revolutionary War graves, April 24, 2022.

The graves of two unknown soldiers of the Continental Army.

Only one of the graves is marked, that of Captain-Lieutenant James Moore, 24, who served in the New York artillery directly under Alexander Hamilton. Hamilton wrote that Moore died after a short but painful illness on Christmas Day, 1776.

The grave of Captain-Lieutenant James Moore.

The peaceful spring morning was the right time to visit these soldiers who have been gone for so long. 

No crowds, no noise, just peace.

Endless peace for them.

Undisturbed quiet for these unknown soldiers.

Memory is best experienced in silence, as is peace.

The plaque commemorating the site.

Silence.

The granite slab listing Pennsylvania as one
of the original thirteen colonies with the
date it approved the Constitution.

Go in peace.

Revolutionary War soldiers' gravesite.

The way to the past.

Leave in peace, forever.

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