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
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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
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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
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