GRAVEYARD OF THE REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS AT LITITZ* By HERBERT H. BECK OR nearly a century the burial place of the 110 Revolutionary soldiers who had been interred in Lititz was a mystery. At least Abraham R. Beck, former archivist of the Lititz Moravian Congregation, who was born in 1833 and who

members. They represent an experiment in organization and control of an idealized community life, which is of intense interest in the history �of America. Who the authors of these regulations were, we know not; but we can surmise that the practical mind of Spangenberg played an important part in their

site along the Susquehanna. Of many marker events in which I have taken part in Lancaster and neighboring counties, there has been none whose purpose appeals to my per- sonal appetite for local historical facts as much as does this one marking Wright's Ferry. All of us interested in history have

citizens, in the person of Christian Hall, and he appears to have made some good ones, among them one of the rare ones, with quarter-hour strike. One such, at least, being in the possession of Henry Myers, ex-presi- dent of the Columbia Bank. He was of German descent, born in Bethlehem, Pa., May 10, 1775

limited extent, in Maryland and Virginia as early as the middle of the seventeenth century, particularly in the latter colony. Many of the early settlers in these colonies were of the class which in England made the breeding and care of high-mettled horses one of their delights; or were descended from

business activity. Henry Leman took pride in his products, and all of his well- made rifles were stamped "H. E. Leman, Lancaster, Pa." If he was obliged to take orders for cheap, inferior arms, or if any of his standard pieces had flaws, he marked these "Conestoga Rifle Works." This trade title was also