Today we drove out to Valley Forge, which really isn't that far from Philadelphia. I guess if I would have read up a little about it, that would have made complete sense. General Washington wanted a place where he could watch the British in Philadelphia, yet far enough from any surprise attack. So much for calling myself a history teacher!
Here is a recreation of the huts on the south line of defenses.
This is a picture of the inside of one of the huts that would resemble what the soldiers at Valley Forge would have had.
Here is Brent & I with a re-enactor and his 1772 Brown Bass Musket, pretty cool. He was talking about how to load, shoot, & carry one.
Here is Washington's house that he stayed at while at Valley Forge. It's actually pretty big and the Park ranger said that most of the renovation on the house has just been the wood floors and some windows. Pretty good for a house pushing 250 years!
That's me in the doorway!
They were doing a dig behind the house, looking for Revolutionary War artifacts, while we were there, they showed us a musket ball that had yet to be fired.
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