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Specific picture descriptions: Photos above with "i" icons next to the bracketed sequence numbers (e.g. "[1] ") are described as follows:
1. FORGE_080712_014.JPG: Fortifications on the southern end of the camp (the closest to the British in Philadelphia).
2. FORGE_080712_050.JPG: Log City
3. FORGE_080712_067.JPG: The area down there had been an amphitheater for presentations. The digging is for dirt to cover fields which had asbestos lingering from an earlier time.
4. FORGE_080712_167.JPG: National Memorial Arch
5. FORGE_080712_178.JPG: Naked and starving as they are we cannon enough admire the incomparable patience and fidelity of the soldiery. Washington at Valley Forge, February 16, 1778
6. FORGE_080712_209.JPG: And here in this place of sacrifice in this vale of humiliation of that death out of which the live of America rose regenerate and free let us believe with an abiding faith that to them union will seem as dear and liberty as sweet and progress as glorious as they were to our fathers and are to you and me and that the institutions which have made us happy preserved by the virtue of our children shall bless the remotest generation of the time to come. Henry Armitt Brown
7. FORGE_080712_237.JPG: This monument is erected by a grateful commonwealth in memory of the soldiers of Massachusetts who served at Valley Forge 19 Dec 1777 19 June 1778 Around the bench is "Ense petit placidam sub libertate quietem": Ense petit placidam sub libertate quietem From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Ense petit placidam sub libertate quietem (Latin "By the sword it seeks peace [but only] under liberty") is a state motto of Massachusetts in the United States, adopted in 1775. It has not been specifically adopted as the motto of the state but has been accepted as an element of the arms and seal of the Commonwealth. For the first time it appeared on a state seal and meant that the colony no longer recognized the authority of the Royal Governor General Thomas Gage. The source is attributed to the letter written by a father of an English soldier and politician Algernon Sidney: "It is said that the University of Copenhagen brought their album unto you, desiring you to write something therein; and that you did scribere in albo these words: "Manus haec inimica tyrannis ense petit placidam sub libertate quietam". (Translated, this means "This hand of mine, which is hostile to tyrants, seeks by the sword quiet peace under liberty.") The last words were then written in Sidney's "Book of Mottoes", particularly favored by some in the American colonies.
8. FORGE_080712_309.JPG: Anthony Wayne statue.
9. FORGE_080712_319.JPG: Anthony Wayne Colonel Chester Co. Battalion of Minute Men July 21, 1775 Colonel 4th Penna. Infantry Battalion January 3, 1776 Brig. General Continental Army February 21, 1777 to November 3, 1783 Brevetted Major General September 30, 1783 "Resolved unanimously, that the thanks of Congress be presented to Brig. General Wayne for his brave, prudent and soldierly conduct in the spirited and well documented attack on Stony Point, that a gold medal emblematical of this action be struck and presented to Brig. General Wayne." Major General and Commander in Chief United States Army, March 5, 1792 to December 15, 1796
10. FORGE_080712_365.JPG: Lord Stirling's Quarters (not open to the public)
11. FORGE_080712_370.JPG: Cabins for Washington's "life guard"
12. FORGE_080712_378.JPG: Washington's Headquarters
13. FORGE_080712_455.JPG: Bannister -- touched by George
14. FORGE_080712_533.JPG: The historic rail station which is being reconditioned for displays and such.
15. FORGE_080712_561.JPG: Water house
16. FORGE_080712_570.JPG: Bird's nest outside one of the cabins
17. FORGE_080712_575.JPG: Commander-in-Chief's Guard: Washington's guard occupied the huts near Headquarters. At the beginning of the encampment, fifty guards protected General Washington, his baggage and valuable papers. To be in the life guard, as the troops called it, one originally had to be a property-owning, native-born Virginian. It was assumed such men would be loyal to Washington. After Baron Friedrich von Steuben arrived in February 1778, one hundred additional men from various state regiments were detailed to the guard. Steuben personally trained them at marching, musket loading and charging with bayonet. Under his skilled instruction, the life guard became a model company for drilling the entire army.
18. FORGE_080712_577.JPG: Lots of refurbishing work going on
19. FORGE_080712_599.JPG: Washington's Headquarters Construction: A Vision to the Past: Please excuse the appearance of the Washington's Headquarters area while the construction work is going on. The work you see is the 2nd [this was hand-written on the sign] phase of a large project to make the area a much more educational and engaging place to visit. Once construction is finished in about two years, a new landscape with commemorative and interpretive features, paths, seating, parking and of course, new, healthy trees will be in place. The historic train station will be reopened with exhibits describing the leadership of George Washington. For more information on this and other projects in the park, please visit our website at http://www.nps.gov/vafo
20. FORGE_080712_615.JPG: The kids are in front of the field used for the Grand Parades by Von Steuben.
21. FORGE_080712_625.JPG: Major General Friedrich Wilhelm Baron von Steuben Erected by the National German American Alliance 1915
22. FORGE_080712_638.JPG: General Friedrich von Steuben
23. FORGE_080712_658.JPG: This fawn came up while the kids were playing and I was taking pictures. I heard bleating behind me and turned to see him. He was within 20 feet or so of us before he turned around and left.
24. FORGE_080712_670.JPG: Maurice Stevens House. You can see there had been a covered porch which they removed.
25. FORGE_080712_694.JPG: Waterman's Monument
26. FORGE_080712_708.JPG: Patriots of African Descent Monument
27. FORGE_080712_742.JPG: In honor of Patriots of African Descent who served, suffered and sacrificed during the Valley Forge encampment 1777 -- 1778 :"Throughout these historic and hallowed campsites were courageous black patriots who participated in our nation's bitter fight for independence." Charles L. Blockson, Historian Dedicated by Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated Valley Forge Alumnae Chapter June 19, 1993
28. FORGE_080712_776.JPG: Waterman's Monument This 50 foot granite obelisk was erected in 1901 by the Daughters of the Revolution. It marks the site of the only identified grave at Valley Forge, that of Lieutenant John Waterman of Rhode Island, who died on April 23, 1778
29. FORGE_080712_840.JPG: Schuylkill River
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Wikipedia Description: Valley Forge National Historical Park
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Valley Forge National Historical Park is the site where the Continental Army spent the winter of 1777–1778 near Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, during the American Revolutionary War. The National Historical Park preserves the site and interprets the history of the Valley Forge encampment. Originally Valley Forge State Park, it became a national park in 1976. The Park contains historical buildings, recreated encampment structures, memorials, museums, and recreation facilities.

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Washington Memorial Chapel
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Located in Valley Forge National Historical Park in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, the Washington Memorial Chapel is both an active Episcopal Parish and a tribute to General George Washington. Designed by Milton B. Medary, the Chapel resulted from a sermon preached by founder, the Rev. Dr. W. Herbert Burk of Norristown, an Episcopal rector.
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