HOPEWELL FURNACE
Valley Forge, Pennsylvania
Valley Forge, the Winter Encampment of Washington’s Continental Army, from December 19, 1777 to June 19, 1778, is one of the most sacred spots in American history. The reservation now embraces over 2,000 acres and is a historic shrine owned and maintained by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
The area includes the original building used by General George Washington at Headquarters the entire 6-month period during that memorable winter, outline of original entrenchments and other restored fortifications.
WASHINGTON’S HEADQUARTERS—VALLEY FORGE
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Philadelphia is the city which belongs to every American as part of the great heritage left him by the Founding Fathers. Here are Independence Hall, Carpenters Hall, the Betsy Ross House and many very old houses of worship. A green Mall sets off the State House, home of the famed Liberty Bell.
William Penn’s original “greene, countrie towne” has risen again, not as an open air museum of antiquity alone, but as a living center of one of the world’s greatest cities.