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
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
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
Sunday, April 27, 2025 A bright April afternoon, mild and breezy, Society members and guests gathered at Washington Memorial Chapel in Valley Forge, 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 … Read more
The 137th Annual Meeting of the Pennsylvania Society of Sons of The Revolution was held on Wednesday, April 16, 2025, at the 23rd Street Armory of The First Troop Philadelphia City Cavalry, with over 130 members in attendance. This was, without doubt, the largest attendance we’ve had at an Annual Meeting in recent memory. … Read more
Michael C. Harris, author of definitive books on the British army’s Philadelphia Campaign of 1777, spoke to the society on March 4 about the key role that the Battle of Brandywine played in the American Revolution. Harris said that, although suffering a military defeat, Gen. Washington won in the big picture by keeping the patriot … Read more