BRADDOCK’S GRAVE
Site — Farmington, Pennsylvania
Status: Operating · Access: Open to public
Dossier: https://haunthunt.com/place/braddocks-grave-farmington-pennsylvania/

The general buried in the road—so the wagons would hide his grave.

Braddock’s Grave is a site in Farmington, Pennsylvania. The general buried in the road—so the wagons would hide his grave. The name the accounts keep returning to is Edward Braddock. The dossier holds 2 reported claims, 1 legend, 1 documented fact and 1 named or described presence — documented record and retelling kept side by side. The site is open to visitors.

Braddock's Grave is the road's — the '55 burial in the middle of the track, the army that marched over it. The Monongahela was the defeat — the July 9 ambush that destroyed the expedition, the 500 who died. The Washington was the aide — the young officer who carried the dying general, the '04 reburial that he ordered.
The hiding was the fear — the French and Indians who might desecrate, the wagons that obliterated the trace. The monument is the '13 — the marker that's not the original, the knoll where he lies now. Braddock's Grave is the empire's — the largest army that failed, the road that's the grave.
The file keeps Braddock's Grave: the 1755 burial, the Monongahela defeat, the road hiding, and the '13 monument.
Braddock's Grave is the archive's Farmington file — the road's general.

WHY THIS FILE MATTERS
Braddock's Grave is the archive's Farmington file — the hidden burial.
A road keeps its general — the file's suggestion being that the grave's hold is the concealment: the army that marched over, the '04 discovery, and the monument that's the second.

FILED CLAIMS — 2 on record, reported not verified
· [Documented legend] named ghost legend: Braddock is reportedly seen on the road. The lore gives it a name — Edward Braddock — which is what turns a report into a resident. Braddock’s Grave's file is thin on proof and long on persistence — the standard profile of American place-lore. It's a documented legend: the telling is real, the contents remain folklore. The report is preserved in sources like 'Braddock’s Grave'. The name gives the haunting a face, and the sightings give the name a job.
  source: Braddock’s Grave (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Braddock%27s_Field)
· [Anecdotal] apparition: Reported a presence at the grave. The reports at Braddock’s Grave are the site's second history — unofficial, unverified, and stubbornly retold. The file holds testimony rather than proof; the claim remains anecdotal. Sources including 'Braddock’s Grave' keep the claim in circulation. It is the sighting the place is known for, and it hasn't stopped.
  source: Braddock’s Grave (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Braddock%27s_Field)

HISTORY — 1 documented facts
· Braddock died July 13, 1755; the grave was found 1804. The site's documented history is the record the rest of the file stands on. The fact is historically verified — the part of the file that doesn't need hedging. The record appears in 'Braddock’s Grave'. It is the kind of fact the rest of the dossier leans on.

SOURCES — 1 cited
· Braddock’s Grave — Wikipedia
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Braddock%27s_Field

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