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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
Day 7, 12/19/1777–George Washington and the Continental Army march out of the Gulph Mills Encampment and on to Valley Forge 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; the French King officially recognizes the new United States
Gulph Mills Encampment, 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; the French King officially recognizes the new United States 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
Day 5 of the Gulph Mills Encampment, 12/17/1777: George Washington issues inspirational orders announcing the move to Valley Forge and prepares for the nation’s first Thanksgiving celebration. Continue reading
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Day 4, Gulph Mills Encampment: 12/16/1777–Tents arrive, British Soldiers captured, and Washington’s aides-de-camp indicate winter quarters decided.
Letter from George Washington’s aide-de-camp, John Fitzgerald, to Major John Clark, Jr., 12/16/1777, on the location of winter quarters for the Continental Army. [Library of Congress, George Washington Papers] On this Day 4 of the Gulph Mills Encampment, tents finally arrived to shield the soldiers from the weather. Up to this point, they made lean-to’s Continue reading
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Day 2, Dec. 14 — Hardship plagues the Continental Army at “the Gulph”
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, if Continue reading
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Dec. 12, 1777– A tired Continental Army begins its delayed march in to Gulph Mills
The Gulph Mills Encampment Chronicles: Dec. 12, 1777, the Continental Army begins its delayed march in to Gulph Mills. Continue reading
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Listen to my podcast set the stage for the Gulph Mills Encampment
Podcast on the lead up to the Threshold to Valley Forge: The Six Days of the Gulph Mills Encampment Continue reading
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Join me at 2 events in Delaware on July 12
If it’s July 12, it must be Delaware! First, I will be signing my award-winning book, Threshold to ValleyForge: The Six Days of the Gulph Mills Encampment from 1 – 3pm at the Barnes and Noble, Concord Square , 4209 Concord Pike, Wilmington, DE. Second, I will be speaking at the American Revolution Roundtable of Continue reading
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Talk, Upper Merion Library, King of Prussia, PA, 6/14, 12 p.m.
Celebrate Flag Day and the 250th Anniversary of the creation of the United States Army by attending my talk on The Threshold to Valley Forge: The Six Days of Gulph Mills Encampment, on Saturday, June 14, 12 – 130 pm, Upper Merion Library, Upper Merion Township Building, 175 W. Valley Forge Rd., King of Prussia, Continue reading
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Tour of New Museum of American Revolution Exhibit: Banners of Liberty
A few weeks ago, I was very fortunate to have tour of the Museum of the American Revolution by its Director, R. Scott Stevenson. It was priceless to have him show me the new items at the Museum and to explain some of the history behind some long-standing exhibits. Along with a friend, Scott showed Continue reading
