Brandywine Creek is a tributary of the Christina River in southeastern Pennsylvania and northern Delaware in the United States. The Lower Brandywine is 20.4 miles long and is a designated Pennsylvania
Hagley mill race on the Brandywine
Smith's Bridge over the Brandywine Creek.
Brandywine Creek looking upstream from the Brandywine River Museum at Chadds Ford
Brandywine Creek in Brandywine Park near downtown Wilmington in February 2007, looking downstream toward Washington Street Bridge
Battle of Brandywine
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The Battle of Brandywine, also known as the Battle of Brandywine Creek, was fought between the American Continental Army of General George Washington and the British Army of General Sir William Howe o
Brandywine Creek (Christina River tributary)
…on the Christina River in present-day Wilmington, Delaware, is the site of the New Sweden colony, where colonists first landed on March 29, 1638. The Battle of Brandywine was fought around the creek near Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, on September 11, 1777, during the American Revolution. Water-powered gristmills in Brandywine…
Washington and Lafayette at the Battle of Brandywine John Vanderlyn, c. 1825
Sketch of the battle made by a British Army ensign
Nation Makers by Howard Pyle depicts a scene from the battle. The painting hangs in the Brandywine River Museum.
Birmingham Friends Meetinghouse in 2017