Sheilah Vance
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Save 25% on Threshold to Valley Forge Preorders Until Feb. 28
See details on preordering my book, Threshold to Valley Forge: The Six Days of the Gulph Mills Encampment, at 25% off through Feb. 28, the book’s official release date, at my publisher’s website, http://www.brooklinebooks.com. Click on this link for details: https://mailchi.mp/dbbcdist/brooklines-october-book-news-1344730?e=07a7d4855db Read more about my book at my website, http://www.thresholdtovalleyforge.com. Continue reading
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New Podcast Episode—The 5 Main Themes of the Threshold to Valley Forge: The Six Days of the Gulph Mills Encampment
Episode 3 of the Threshold to Valley Forge Podcast is now live! This episode continues the introduction to the book with a review of the five main themes of significant events during the Gulph Mills Encampment: 1) the problems arising from the British Army’s occupation of nearby Philadelphia, 2) where would George Washington and the… Continue reading
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Threshold to Valley Forge Podcast is now live!
I’m so pleased to announce that the podcast about my new book is live. Check out the Threshold to Valley Forge Podcast on Spotify. You can also find it on Apple Podcasts or wherever you access your podcasts. The first episode is “How I came to Write Threshold to Valley Forge and Initial Background on… Continue reading
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Threshold to Valley Forge Podcast Episodes Starting February 1
It’s more than a notion to start a podcast, but I’m ready! I’ve spent the past week recording the first few episodes of the Threshold to Valley Forge podcast, which is tied to my book coming out later this month, Threshold to Valley Forge: The Six Days of the Gulph Mills Encampment. See more information… Continue reading
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“Meticulously researched…compelling narrative…attention to detail”
Thanks to author and Revolutionary War expert Margaret Denise Dennis, whose ancestors were at the Gulph Mills Encampment, for this great review of my upcoming book, Threshold to Valley Forge: The Six Days of the Gulph Mills Encampment. http://www.thresholdtovalleyforge.com “Boston Harbor, Bunker Hill, Lexington and Concord, the Old North Bridge, Saratoga, Fort Ticonderoga, Philadelphia, Independence… Continue reading
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“…a wonderful and insightful contribution to the historical scholarship of the American Revolution.”
Thanks to author and Revolutionary War expert Shirley Green, who ancestors were at the Gulph Mills Encampment, for her comments on my upcoming book! “Threshold To Valley Forge delivers a wonderful and insightful contribution to the historical scholarship of the American Revolution. With painstaking care and research, Sheilah Vance provides a comprehensive study of the… Continue reading
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Book launch author talk for Threshold to Valley Forge: The Six Days of the Gulph Mills Encampment
Join me in person or on line at my the book launch author talk for my new book, Threshold to Valley Forge: The Six Days of the Gulph Mills Encampment, on Tuesday, March 4, 630-730, at the American Revolution Institute of the Society of the Cincinnati, Anderson House, 2118 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Washington, DC! You… Continue reading
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Day 7, Dec. 19, 1777 — Washington’s Army marches out of Rebel Hill and Gulph Mills and on to Valley Forge
On December 19, 1777, at 10 a.m., George Washington and his Continental Army marched out of Rebel Hill and Gulph Mills, past the Hanging Rock, and on to Valley Forge. As one historian wrote, “These grounds were the threshold to Valley Forge, and the story of that winter–a story of endurance, forbearance, and patriotism which… Continue reading
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Day 6, Dec. 18, 1777 — George Washington’s Army celebrates the new nation’s first Thanksgiving at Rebel Hill and Gulph Mills and prepares to set up camp at Valley Forge; the French King officially recognizes the new United States
Historical marker in Gulph Mills recognizing it as the site of the nation’s First Thanksgiving. On December 18, 1777, General George Washington’s army celebrated the first national Thanksgiving in Gulph Mills and on Rebel Hill. The celebration caused a one day delay in the army’s march to Valley Forge, which General Washington had decided a… Continue reading
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Day 5, Dec. 17, 1777 — Gen. Washington issues inspirational orders announcing the move to Valley Forge and prepares for nation’s first Thanksgiving celebration on Rebel Hill and Gulph Mills
Generals George Washington, Marquis de Lafayette, and Nathaniel Green (Gilder Lehrman collection) December 17, 1777 was a momentous day on Rebel Hill and Gulph Mills. After weeks of debate, General Washington decided on Valley Forge as the site of the Continental Army’s winter quarters. As hard as it is for us to believe today, armies at… Continue reading
