Sheilah Vance
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Day 3, Dec. 15, 1777 — The Continental Army settles down at Rebel Hill and Gulph Mills
Strength Return showing soldiers at Gulph Mills, 12/15/1777; Brigadier General James Varnum’s Brigade Perhaps the greatest highlight of my research on my new book, The Threshold to Valley Forge: The Gulph Mills Encampment, was the discovery of this document pictured above, which was the first original document that I found that actually showed soldiers at Continue reading
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Day 2, Dec. 14 — Hardship plagues the Continental Army at “the Gulph”
c Orderly Book, Brigadier Gen. John Glover; 12/14/1777 from “the Gulph”; Library of Congress, Manuscript Room On December 14, 1777, the condition of the 11,000 members of the Continental Army at Gulph Mills and Rebel Hill was one of extreme hardship. The soldier’s tents were not to arrive for two more days. There was little, Continue reading
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Day 1, Dec. 13, 1777 — Washington’s Army at Rebel Hill
Rebel Hill and Gulph Mills This blog post is in honor of the Gulph Mills Encampment–the six days in December that General George Washington and the Continental Army spent in my home, Rebel Hill in Gulph Mills, Pa., starting on this day in 1777. I am commemorating that by posting a blog for each of Continue reading
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A tired Continental Army begins its delayed march in to Gulph Mills
After being interrruped on the 11th by some 3000 foraging British soldiers, General Washington and a tired, cold, and hungry Continental Army readied for another try to march into Gulph Mills. They started their day at the Swede’s Ford, at present day Norristown on the east side of the Schuylkill River and Bridgeport on the Continue reading
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The Battle of Matson’s Ford, 12/11/1777
Yes, the Battle of Matson’s Ford, December 11, 1777! I don’t recall ever being taught this while I was a student in Upper Merion School District, nor heard about this battle while I grew up in Gulph Mills, on Rebel Hill, which intersects Matson’s Ford Road, which starts where the old Matson’s Ford was located. Continue reading
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The Continental Army plans its March into Gulph Mills, 12/10/1777
We are just about to start my annual blogging about the Gulph Mills Encampment (GME) during the Revolutionary War, which occurred from December 13 to 19, 1777. I’ve been writing about the Gulph Mills Encampment since 2011, when I really discovered and started studying it, because it is a very much overlooked, yet very important Continue reading
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Why ‘Resting My Eyes’ Is a Family Wellness Practice | Well+Good
Read the latest article by The Elevator Group author, Hope Lewis. After questioning why her family would say “I’m resting my eyes,” a writer shares how adopting the pratice became powerful act of resistance. — Read on www.wellandgood.com/resting-my-eyes-wellness-practice/ Continue reading
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Gulph Mills as site of Nation’s first Thanksgiving recognized in Biden’s Thanksgiving Address
Shout out to President Biden for recognizing Gulph Mills as the site of the nation’s first Thanksgiving on 12/18/1777. I’ve written often about that historic day, especially in my books, Six Days in December, and Becoming Valley Forge. Biden refers to George Washington’s Proclamation as well as the commemorative marker at the site of the Continue reading
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Anti-Racists Reads for children to adults – Tredyffrin Township Libraries
Anti-Racists Reads – Tredyffrin Township Libraries — Read on www.tredyffrinlibraries.org/anti-racists-reads/ This is an excellent and extensive list for those who want to learn and to teach. 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
via Day 7, Dec. 19, 1777 — Washington’s Army marches out of Rebel Hill and Gulph Mills and on to Valley Forge Continue reading
