Battlefield site preserved
After almost 20 years of effort, the Brandywine Conservancy has purchased and now preserved all of the 113 acres of the Odell property in Birmingham Township. The property, along the Meetinghouse and Wylie Road corridor known as Birmingham Hill, saw the brunt of the fighting during 1777 Battle of Brandywine. During a brief ceremony to celebrate the acquisition of the final 13 acres, on Sept…