Existing comment:
This park was set up for the main Greene statue as well as statues of the people who founded the park. Sign:
Park Founders
Nearby monuments commemorate park founders David Schenck and Joseph M Morehead. Appalled at the neglect of this battlefield in the 1880's, Schenck directed the purchase of historic land and incorporated the Guilford Battle Ground Company to preserve the site and construct monuments. Schenck's and Morehead's efforts helped establish the battlefield as a national park. Both men served as president of the company.
Their intent was not to restore the rugged, wooded appearance of 1781 but to create an attractive "pleasuring ground" where Americans could contemplate monuments associated with the battle and the nation's birth. The park's 28 monuments turn the actual historic ground into a landscape of ideas, highlighting different perceptions of the battle and how to commemorate it. |