A recently released National Park Service report shows there were 1.9 million visitors to the Valley Forge National ...

Army History, No. 117 (Fall 2020), pp. 6-27 (22 pages) Benjamin H. Newcomb, “Washington’s Generals and the Decision to Quarter at Valley Forge,” Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography 117, no.

The Museum at Valley Forge National Park will commemorate the 1777 arrival of the Continental Army in Valley Forge on ...

When students of the Revolutionary War hear the words Valley Forge, they probably think of an iconic image: Gen. George Washington kneeling in the snow, surrounded by log cabins, praying for aid. The ...

Edward McKenry was born in 1753 in Rockbridge County, Virginia. In October 1777, Edward was mustered into Capt. John Steel’s Company of Col. Malcom’s Regiment of the Continental Army. Col. William ...

Valley Forge National Park drew 1.9M visitors in 2024, adding $44.8M to Montco’s economy and supporting 325 local jobs.

Editor’s note: This column originally published on Jan. 30, 1997, in The Fayetteville Observer. He was barely 15 when the young fifer-soldier spent that unforgettable winter of 1777-78 with the ragged ...