Gloucester Skirmish / King’s Run Battle Site
New Jersey, USA
Battle of Gloucester / Lafayette monument, Cherry Hill Mall, Mall Drive near Macy's and The North Face, 2000 Kaighns Avenue, Cherry Hill, NJ 08002, USA
MONUMENT
VISITOR INFORMATION
The relocated Cherry Hill monument is a commemorative location with a conflicting March inscription. Its placement should not be used as the November battlefield coordinate. Map point reviewed October 3, 2026: Pin represents the relocated Battle of Gloucester / Lafayette monument at Cherry Hill Mall. It is a commemoration reference, not the King's Run battlefield. Its March inscription conflicts with the documented November 25, 1777 action; that historical date caveat remains. Visitor information reviewed October 3, 2026: Use mall customer parking under its posted rules and operating hours. The boulder is a relocated commemoration, not the November battlefield. Its March inscription conflict remains flagged. Ordinary mall shops and restaurants are not heritage Features. Amenities investigated October 3, 2026: Nearby indoor store restrooms are at Macy’s in Cherry Hill Mall during store opening and subject to store rules. They are separate from the exterior relocated monument. Mall parking rules and the monument’s historical-date caveat remain applicable.
Visitor information final pass — reviewed October 3, 2026: Hours Link and priceAndHours describe the mall visitor services associated with the relocated monument. The mall FAQ lists regular hours and prohibits overnight/commuter parking; store restroom opening may differ. No heritage tour, staffed monument opening, historical-date correction or free-admission statement is inferred.
Cherry Hill Mall’s regular opening is Monday–Saturday 10 am–9 pm and Sunday 11 am–6 pm, subject to holiday/weather changes. These are mall visitor-service hours, not a monument-tour schedule; individual stores, including Macy’s restroom option, may differ. Follow posted exterior-monument and parking conditions. Overnight and commuter parking are prohibited; no monument admission fee established.
Peak visitation season unconfirmed. No reliable site-specific monthly attendance pattern was established.
May-June or September-October for a public-route historical-context walk in generally milder weather. Verify the intended marker and route across the modern town boundaries first.
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About Gloucester Skirmish / King’s Run Battle Site
The Gloucester skirmish was fought near the Delaware River in November 1777 during the Philadelphia campaign. Lafayette helped direct an American attack against a British outpost and its Hessian troops. The encounter unfolded across terrain now divided among several developed New Jersey communities.
A relocated monument near Cherry Hill Mall supplies a commemorative reference, but its inscription contains a conflicting date. The monument's present location is not a verified battlefield center.
History happened here at Gloucester Skirmish / King’s Run Battle Site
On November 25, 1777, Lafayette's force attacked an outpost near Gloucester. Hessian troops resisted, and British reinforcements influenced the withdrawal toward Gloucester. A contemporary map associated with Michel du Chesnoy preserves evidence of positions and movements during the encounter.
The action strengthened Lafayette's military reputation within the American campaign. Later urban growth and monument relocation complicated its geography. The verified November chronology should remain separate from the monument's erroneous March wording, and the site must not be confused with fighting at Gloucester, Massachusetts.
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EXTERNAL LINKS
Research reviewed October 3, 2026. Event IDs eaf86de9-dfee-4d6c-ae1e-6f0620e4c68f; Events Latest 10PM.csv rows 545.
https://www.gloucestercityhistoricalsociety.org/revolution/BOG1777
https://visitsouthjersey.com/directory/cherry-hill-monument/
Map location reviewed October 3, 2026. Pin represents the relocated Battle of Gloucester / Lafayette monument at Cherry Hill Mall. It is a commemoration reference, not the King's Run battlefield. Its March inscription conflicts with the documented November 25, 1777 action; that historical date caveat remains.
https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=311388
https://cchsnj.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Camden-County-Am-Rev-Trails-Brochure.pdf
Visitor classification and amenities reviewed October 3, 2026. Destination: Relocated Battle of Gloucester / Lafayette boulder at Cherry Hill Mall.
https://cherryhillmall.com/faq
https://cherryhillmall.com/directions
Prose batch 4 researched October 3, 2026. Fast pass; proofing pending. Contemporary-map research and monument reference reviewed. November 25 versus incorrect March inscription; use November. Relocated Cherry Hill monument is not battlefield footprint; proof route overlay.
Visitor admission and access fields reviewed October 3, 2026. Destination: Relocated Battle of Gloucester / Lafayette boulder at Cherry Hill Mall.
Amenities investigated October 3, 2026. Macy’s official Cherry Hill Mall store directory lists men’s and women’s restrooms on Floors 1 and 3. Nearby indoor store restrooms are at Macy’s in Cherry Hill Mall during store opening and subject to store rules. They are separate from the exterior relocated monument. Mall parking rules and the monument’s historical-date caveat remain applicable.
https://www.macys.com/stores/nj/cherryhill/cherry-hill-mall_59.html