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Follow the Philadelphia Campaign on the road to Valley Forge
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
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Sheilah Vance’s new novel, Becoming Valley Forge, (Dec.. 2015), dramatically answers the question of what happens when the war comes to your backyard
Sheilah Vance’s new novel, Becoming Valley Forge, (Dec.. 2015), dramatically answers the question of what happens when the war comes to your backyard PAOLI, PA—Award-winning author Sheilah Vance’s new novel, Becoming Valley Forge, (Dec. 2015, 560 pp., $17.95, The Elevator Group, ISBN 978-0-9824945-9-2) dramatically answers the question of what happens when the war comes to… Continue reading
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Join me 2/7/15, my talk on The Road to Valley Forge, King of Prussia Historical Society
Please join me on Saturday, February 7, 2 p.m., as I speak about The Road to Valley Forge, to the King of Prussia Historical Society, Christ Church (Old Swedes) Church Hall, 740 River Rd, Swedesburg, PA 19405. http://www.kophistory.org/events/. I’m excited to talk about the six days in December that General George Washington and the Continental Army spent on… Continue reading
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Vivian Vance Cherry to be honored by Upper Merion Twp. on January 14, 7pm
Upper Merion Township is honoring posthumously Vivian Vance Cherry as part of its 27th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. National Holiday Celebration, Wed., Jan. 14, 7pm, Upper Merion Middle School, 450 Keebler Road, King of Prussia, PA. Cherry was the first African American teacher in Upper Merion (and also my aunt)! She died in… Continue reading
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Here’s to the crazy ones…and I’ll take
Twice during the holiday season, people have told me that I’m crazy. But crazy in a good way. I told them that, yes, they were right–I was crazy. I said that all writers, especially fiction writers, are a bit crazy because we hear voices in our head with our characters talking to us, demanding that… 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
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 day earlier, was to be where the army would make its winter quarters. The purpose… 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
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 day earlier, was to be where the army would make its winter quarters. The purpose… 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
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 this time generally did not fight in the winter. It was extremely… Continue reading
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Day 4, Dec. 16, 1777 — Tents arrive and British soldiers captured at Gulph Mills
On a cold and rainy December 16, 1777, the 11,000 soldiers in George Washington’s Continental Army at Gulph Mills and Rebel Hill had one solace — tents had arrived. They had been exposed to the snow and cold since the army arrived at the Gulph on December 12, and they had sought shelter under the rocks and… Continue reading
Sheilah Vance
Musings from and events for Sheilah Vance, author of the award-winning books: Threshold to Valley Forge: The Six Days of the Gulph Mills Encampment, Becoming Valley Forge, Land Mines, Chasing the 400, and Creativity for Christians
