News, Public, Sons Speaker Series |
The Society hosted popular historian Jim Segrave-Day at Historic Waynesborough on January 27, 2026, for a lecture on how the 1777-1778 Valley Forge encampment molded a loosely organized Continental Army into a disciplined and effective fighting force capable of winning the Revolutionary War. Segrave-Daly, who is from Havertown and speaks widely on historical topics, … Read more
Ancestors & Genealogy, Public |
We are excited to introduce a new feature in which we will recognize the Revolutionary War patriots whose service we honor with our participation in the Pennsylvania Society of Sons of the Revolution. PSSR member: William Murray Gordon Murray, who was PSSR president from 2015 to 2018, lives in the Malvern area with his … 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
Color Guard, Events, News, Public |
Each December, on National Wreaths Across America Day, the mission to Remember, Honor and Teach is carried out by coordinated wreath-laying ceremonies at Arlington National Cemetery, as well as at more than 5,200 other locations in all 50 U.S. states, at sea and abroad. On Saturday, December 13th, 2025, The Pennsylvania Society of Sons of the … Read more
Imagine, if you will, back to 1892 – Grover Cleveland was elected U.S. President, Ellis Island first opened as an immigration station, the Sierra Club was founded by John Muir, and our fledgling Society, just a few years old, placed one of our very first historic monuments to forever recognize and memorialize the Continental … Read more
Events, Public, Uncategorized |
Journalist, historian, and award-winning author Sheilah Vance, who grew up on Rebel Hill in Gulph Mills, delivered a well-received lecture to the Society on Nov. 3 about her book “Threshold to Valley Forge: The Six Days of the Gulph Mills Encampment.” The Philadelphia area is rife with sites that mark where Revolutionary War events … Read more
News, Public, Uncategorized |
Historian, producer and journalist Bruce E. Mowday, who has spent almost a generation researching and writing about the life of the Marquis de Lafayette, spoke to the Society on September 23 about the French nobleman he considers one of the most important figures in America’s independence. “We would not have beaten the British in … 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
Color Guard, Events, News, Public |
The Lancaster County Chapter of the Pennsylvania Society sponsored the Lancaster County leg of “Lafayette 200”, a reenactment of the Marquis de Lafayette’s 1825 farewell tour of the nation. Like the original visit, this 13-month celebration aimed to remind Americans of the role that the Marquis and France played in the American Revolutionary … Read more
In July 1775, the Second Continental Congress continued to grapple with the escalating conflict with Great Britain, taking key actions like creating the Continental Army and adopting the Olive Branch Petition. George Washington officially took command of the Continental Army on July 3rd. The Congress also approved a Declaration of Causes outlining the reasons for taking … Read more