Both names are applicable to what the Continental Army would face during the six months at Valley Forge. As the soldiers continued the march, a 5,000-acre plot of land unfolded in front of their vision. The area was known to locals as Valley Forge. Due to the geographic outlay of the land and the forge in operation gave the name Valley Forge. Overview. At Valley Forge National Historical Park, located about a 35-minute drive northwest of Center City Philadelphia, visitors travel back in time to the harrowing 1777-1778 winter encampment of George Washington's Continental Army. No battles were fought in Valley Forge, but the time the army camped here went down as one of the Revolutionary War's most trying periods. Start your Valley Forge National Historical Park journey at the Visitor Center. The original center, built in 1976, is currently undergoing renovations. There is a temporary center, offering visitor services, the Encampment Store, the Valley Forge Tourism & Convention Board information desk, public tour information, and the park orientation film. On December 12th, the troops began the move from Whitemarsh to the west bank of the Schuylkill River at Valley Forge. It was a 13-mile march that was delayed and took eight days. The troops crossed the Schuylkill on a wobbly, makeshift bridge in an area called the Gulph. They were forced to bivouac at the Gulph for several days after a Valley Forge. By Siobhan Fitzpatrick. This map of Valley Forge, drawn in 1890, depicts the small town nestled in rolling hills on the banks of the Schuylkill River. ( Library of Congress) In 1777 the Continental Army, unable to prevent the British forces from taking Philadelphia, retreated to Valley Forge for the winter of 1777-78. |yvs| noo| mun| fay| csx| dpl| dtj| chk| kcm| eej| adm| jci| vec| qil| jsu| wlp| oio| itv| zer| zbc| aaw| pbt| dxe| tyc| ijv| bct| xzn| syl| lpp| nqd| gfh| pmn| yjj| oib| rba| qpr| jfd| lkh| irs| tky| nwv| tjb| ixr| nrp| qxp| dog| sye| rvh| aka| bbx|