
Valley Forge - National Memorial Arch

by Richard Reeve
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Valley Forge - National Memorial Arch
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Richard Reeve
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Photograph - Photograph
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Valley Forge - National Memorial Arch - Richard Reeve
The National Memorial Arch stands in Valley Forge National Historical Park. It memorializes the thousands of soldiers who were encamped in the area during 1777-1778 as part of the Continental Army, under extremely poor conditions. With poor supplies over 2,500 men and 700 horses died of disease and starvation during that winter.
The arch contains the poignant memorial:
"Naked and starving as they are we cannot enough admire the incomparable patience and fidelity of the soldiery"
At Valley Forge the Continental Army did receive training from Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben during the Spring of 1778 which, together with the alliance with France, enabled them to better defend, and eventually rout the British.
The rest, as they say, is history...
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August 12th, 2017
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