Paoli

Great Valley Baptist Church

Church · 1020 N Valley Rd, Paoli, PA 19301

Colonial-era church near the Paoli battlefield that served as a field hospital following the September 21, 1777 assault. Wounded American soldiers were treated here after the battle. The church and its cemetery contain graves of Revolutionary War participants. Its use as a hospital reflects the logistical reality of 18th-century warfare, where churches were regularly converted to medical facilities after engagements.

Paoli Battlefield Historical Park

Battlefield · 45 Monument Ave, Malvern, PA 19355

Preserved site of the Paoli Massacre (September 20–21, 1777), where British Major General Charles Grey launched a surprise bayonet attack on Anthony Wayne's brigade encamped near Paoli Tavern. Grey ordered his men to remove their musket flints to prevent accidental firing that would alert the Americans, earning him the nickname "No Flint Grey." Approximately 53 Americans were killed and 150 wounded or captured in the night assault. The site contains a mass grave of the American dead and is one of the best-preserved Revolutionary War battlefields in Pennsylvania.

Paoli Massacre Monument and Mass Grave

Monument · 45 Monument Ave, Malvern, PA 19355

The 1817 monument marks the mass grave of soldiers killed in the September 21, 1777 assault, making it one of the earliest Revolutionary War battlefield memorials in America. The grave contains the remains of approximately 53 Continental soldiers. The monument inscription, erected by surviving veterans and local citizens forty years after the battle, reflects how the Paoli Massacre was kept alive in local memory and used as the rallying cry "Remember Paoli!" at subsequent battles.

Paoli to Valley Forge Trail Corridor

Trail · Chester County, PA

The approximate route followed by Wayne's brigade as it retreated from the Paoli Massacre site and later by the Continental Army as it marched toward Valley Forge in late November 1777. The trail corridor passes through Chester County farmland and suburban landscape, connecting the Paoli battlefield to the Valley Forge encampment. Interpretive markers identify the route Washington's army took in the weeks between the Battle of Germantown and the Valley Forge encampment.

Warren Tavern

Tavern · 2505 Old Lincoln Hwy, Malvern, PA 19355

Built c. 1745, Warren Tavern is among the oldest continuously operating taverns in Pennsylvania and is named for General Joseph Warren, killed at Bunker Hill. Anthony Wayne and Washington both drank here. The tavern served as an informal headquarters for American forces in the Chester County area in 1777. After the Paoli Massacre, British officers reportedly used it as a gathering place. It continues to operate today.

Waynesborough (Anthony Wayne Estate)

Historic House · 2049 Waynesborough Rd, Paoli, PA 19301

The ancestral estate of the Wayne family in Easttown Township, Chester County, where Anthony Wayne was born and raised. The Georgian mansion, built c. 1724, remained the family seat through the Revolutionary War. Wayne returned here between campaigns. The estate interprets Wayne's Chester County roots, his formation as a military officer, and his connections to the Pennsylvania gentry class that provided much of the Continental Army's officer corps.