Ancestors & Genealogy, Artifact Collections, News, Public |
Bright and early on the morning of 10 June, members of the Pennsylvania Society joined a production team from network affiliate 6abc/Philadelphia to participate in a production of a local interest segment about keeping history interesting and alive in 2026. President C. Michael Whelan, Peter F. Stokes and Executive Director Schuyler C. Wickes joined … Read more
As many of you have read over the last year or so, we have recently completed the relocation of the Gulph Mills Encampment Monument back to its historically accurate location at the actual site of General George Washington’s December 1777 Encampment on his way to winter quarters at Valley Forge. This has been an enormous … Read more
Active Revolutionary Flags, Color Guard, Monuments, News, Public |
On June 26th, the Society was honored to serve as the Presenting Sponsor of Chester County’s New Citizens Naturalization Ceremony, hosted by Founding Forward and The Union League, in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania. Founding Forward, formerly the Freedoms Foundation, informs and engages citizens through transformational experiences grounded in American history. These experiences enable students, teachers, … Read more
Ancestors & Genealogy, Color Guard, Events, Flag Collection, Monuments, News, Society Private |
On a cool and breezy afternoon of April 26, Society members and guests gathered at St. David’s Episcopal Church in Wayne Pennsylvania to commemorate the encampment at Valley Forge in the winter of 1777-78. Our annual Society church service is always a statement event, encompassing history, commemoration of our ancestors, memorializing recently deceased Society members, … Read more
Artifact Collections, Color Guard, Events, Flag Collection, News, Public |
Saturday April 11 was the Grand Opening of the newly restored Muhlenberg Speaker’s House at Historic Trappe in Trappe, Pennsylvania. For this important event, the Society’s Color Guard provided a complete Static Display of all our Color Guard standards and flags as part of the official ribbon-cutting ceremony. This is the new location of our … Read more
Events, Monuments, News, Public |
On a snowy morning of December 16th, on the 248th anniversary of General George Washington’s Continental Army Encampment at Gulph Mills (13-19 December, 1777), the Society held an important rededication ceremony for the historic monument that has recently been relocated back to this historically accurate location, the actual site of the historic encampment. The … Read more
Artifact Collections, News, Public |
September 15th marked an important day for the Pennsylvania Society as our collection of 18th Century and Revolutionary War artifacts, that has been a large part of the Valley Forge National Historical Park’s featured collection at Varnum’s Headquarters for at least the last 50 years, has finally found a new home. The Society has … Read more