America 250 Essays

 

These essays seek to show Valley Forge, not just as a symbol of suffering, but as a living community of care, labor, and ingenuity.  We hope you enjoy these essays, written by Valley Forge Muster Roll team member, Andrew Stevenson.

A Winter Holyday: Christmas at Valley Forge, 1777
The Surgeon of Yellow Springs: Dr. Bodo Otto and the Healing of an Army
Two Virginians in the Snow: The Humphries at Valley Forge
From Winter Quarters to the Hulks: Valley Forge, the Muster Roll and the Prison Ships
Children of the Encampment: The Smallest Witnesses
Making Camp a City: Chester County's Civilians and the Encampment's Reach
From Winter Quarters to the Road to Yorktown: Valley Forge and the Rochambeau March
Faces at Winter Quarters: Valley Forge, Charles Wilson Peale, and the Art of an Encampment
Forging Freedom: The Blacksmiths and Artificers Who Armed the Winter Camp
The Cameras Arrived Late: Photographs of People Who Where at Valley Forge

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