Sheilah Vance
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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
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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
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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
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Day 4: Dec. 16, 1777 — Tents arrive and British soldiers captured at Gulph Mills
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Day 3, Dec. 15, 1777 — The Continental Army settles down at Rebel Hill and Gulph Mills
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Day 2 – 12/14/1777 — Hardship plagues the Continental Army at Rebel Hill and Gulph Mills
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Six Days in December begins — Day 1, 12/13/1777–The Rebel Hill Encampment with George Washington and the Continental Army Begins
Originally posted on Becoming Valley Forge: Rebel Hill and Gulph Mills, early 1900s. Today is Day 1 of the Six Days in December: General George Washington’s and the Continental Army’s Encampment on Rebel Hill, December 13 – 19, 1777. That’s the day that 10,000 members of the Continental Army descended on and encamped at Rebel… Continue reading
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As we begin an important Six Days in December
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Remembering the nation’s First Thanksgiving, 12/18/1777.
Happy Thanksgiving everyone! Read my article below about the nation’s true first Thanksgiving, 12/18/1778, which George Washington and his Continental Army celebrated on Rebel Hill and Gulph Mills. #reclaiminghistory Valley Forge’s Threshold: The Encampment at Gulph Mills – Journal of the American Revolution — Read on allthingsliberty.com/2019/11/valley-forges-threshold-the-encampment-at-gulph-mills/ Continue reading
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Valley Forge’s Threshold: The Encampment at Gulph Mills – Journal of the American Revolution
My article on the importance of the six days in December encampment at Gulph Mill and Rebel Hill as the threshold to Valley Forge was published today as the lead article in the Journal of the American Revolution, http://www.allthingsliberty. The article was a lot of work, but a work of love for Rebel Hill and… Continue reading
