Reblogged on WordPress.com Source: Day 3, Dec. 15, 1777 — The Continental Army settles down at Rebel Hill and Gulph Mills Continue reading

Reblogged on WordPress.com Source: Day 2, Dec. 14 — Hardship plagues the Continental Army at “the Gulph” Continue reading

Originally posted on Sheilah Vance: Rebel Hill and Gulph Mills This blog post is in honor of 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… Continue reading

Growing up near Matson’s Ford Road and living on Rebel Hill in Upper Merion Township, I never leaarned about the Battle  of Matson’s Ford in school, but I should have.  It’s an important prelude to General George Washington and the Continental Army’s march to Valley Forge.  I wrote about the Battle of Matson Ford in… Continue reading

Source: The Battle of Whitemarsh, Dec. 5 – 7, 1777 Continue reading

Source: Pre-order Becoming Valley Forge now Continue reading

Today the nation says thank you to our veterans who sacrificed and sacrifice daily to defend our country. We appreciate the service of every man and woman who ever served in the Armed Forces, as well as those who are serving today. I’ve thought a lot about the men and women who fought valiantly and… Continue reading

Kudos to  Marion Lane, author of the children’s book, Patriots of African Descent in the Revolutionary War , which is published by my publishing company, The Elevator Group.  She was the moving force behind the October 3, 2015 ceremony where the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) put a headstone  on the grave of  Hannah Till, a former slave who bought… Continue reading

Leading up to the December book launch for my novel, Becoming Valley Forge, I’m going to blog about some of the steps General George Washington and the Continental Army took in what’s called the Philadelphia Campaign on the road to Valley Forge. The road starts today, September 11, 1777.  That’s when 13,000 British troops, led… Continue reading