Reblogged on WordPress.com Source: Day 7, Dec. 19, 1777 — Washington’s Army marches out of Rebel Hill and Gulph Mills and on to Valley Forge Continue reading

Reblogged on WordPress.com Source: 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 Continue reading

Reblogged on WordPress.com Source: Day 4, Dec. 16, 1777 — Tents arrive and British soldiers captured at Gulph Mills Continue reading

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

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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