The Army Arrives !

Annual Commemoration of the Continental Army`s March-in to Valley Forge

 

Date:  Saturday, December 19, 2009

Time:  6:00 PM to 8:00 PM

Location:  Visitor Center

 

Join living history interpreters and park staff for a commemoration of the Continental Army's March-in to Valley Forge. Take a candlelit "march", trolley tour, shop or just talk  to the Colonial reenactors.

 

The 6th Pennsylvania regiment, along with park staff and volunteers in period clothing, will demonstrate camp life.  Colonial revelers and refreshments in the Welcome Center, holiday shopping and free gift wrap at the Encampment Store.

 

Free and open to the public. 

 

Candle-light tours are 1/4 of a mile, and camp life demonstrations are outside. Visitors should dress for weather conditions of the day.

  

Valley Forge is located in King of Prussia, directly off Route 23.

1400 North Outer Line Drive   King of Prussia, PA 19406

For driving directions: http://www.nps.gov/vafo/planyourvisit/directions.htm

 

 

The focal point of Valley Forge attractions is the 3,600-acre Valley Forge National Historical Park. It was here that General George Washington forged his Continental Army into a fighting force, during the difficult winter encampment of 1777-78.

Of all places associated with America's War for Independence, none conveys the suffering, sacrifice and ultimate triumph more than Valley Forge.  No battles were fought, no bayonet charges or artillery bombardments took place.

Nonetheless, some 2,000 soldiers died - more Americans than were killed at the battles of Brandywine and Germantown combined.  Valley Forge is the story of an army's epic struggle to survive against terrible odds, hunger, disease and the unrelenting forces of nature.

 

Did You Know?

Precision marching was the key to victory on the 18th century battlefield. Inspector General Baron von Steuben made marching the central element of his training program at Valley Forge. By May the army was able to stay in formation while advancing and retreating over all types of ground

 

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