Facts about Valley Forge
The site of the encampment became a Pennsylvania State Park in 1893 and, on the 4th of July, 1976, it became Valley Forge National Historical Park.
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On December 19, 1777, when Washington's poorly fed, ill-equipped army, weary from long marches, struggled into Valley Forge, winds blew as the twelve thousand Continentals prepared for winter's fury.
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On June 19, 1778, exactly six months after they retreated to Valley Forge, a new army eager to fight the British marched out toward New Jersey.
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Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, was the site of the American Continental Army camp over the winter of 1777–1778 in the American Revolutionary War.
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