Sunday, August 12, 2018

Tuesday July 31 Valley Forge


The flag is at half staff in honor of a National Park Ranger killed while battling the California wildfires


The General


Replicas of huts constructed to house the Continental Army as they wintered over at Valley Forge


None of the huts remained by the time it was decided that this should be a National Park. The local farmers had regained their farmland and it took several years for the land to be made suitable for farming once again.
All the cabins are recreations


Each state regimen was responsible to house and feed their soldiers, some did a better job than others



Located 18 miles NW of Philadelphia, Washington chose this spot to winter over, reorganize and train after failing to retake Philadelphia from the British.


The National Memorial Arch





General 'Mad' Anthony Wayne
General of Pennsylvania Troops



Memorial to unknown soldiers who died at Valley Forge
No battles were fought here but close to 2,000 of the 12,000 soldiers and support personnel died of disease and mal-nutrition







Housing for Soldiers assigned as Washington's Gaurd



Washington's Headquarters, 
the Potts house





So...George Washington DID sleep here. 




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