SECTION II — SLIDES AND RESEARCH ON EPHRATA
by Linda S. Schrigner, et al
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During the Revolutionary War, General George Washington sent 500 wounded soldiers from the Battle of Brandywine to be nursed at the Ephrata Cloister. Under the leadership of Peter Miller the members worked night and day. The image of this etching depicts the contribution of the members at the Ephrata Cloister. A typhus epidemic broke out and 200 soldiers died and were buried on Mt. Zion at the Cloister. Unfortunately, many of the brothers and sisters also died, and some buildings had to be burned to the ground, including the domed temple of the Zionitic Brotherhood. As shown in the image of this photo, a monument was later built on Mt. Zion in the form of an obelisk, in memory of those who died from the Battle of Brandywine.
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