Edward Braddock

<center><i>(front)</i><br> Near this monument<br> disembarked on February 19, 1755<br> <b>Edward Braddock</b><br> Major General and Commander-in-Chief<br> of all the British forces in America.<br> His coming marked the beginning<br> of an important stage in the war<br> which lost to France<br> all her extended<br> American possessions.<br><br> <i>(rear)</i><br> Erected by the<br> Colonial Dames<br> of America in the<br> State of Virginia<br> May 9, 1916.</center>