Valley Forge, PA
2 first-person accounts from the Revolutionary era.
Historical Voices
Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben
The Prussian Who Taught Americans to Fight
Friedrich von Steuben arrived at Valley Forge claiming to be a Prussian lieutenant general. He was actually a former captain who had been dismissed from the Prussian army years earlier. Benjamin Frank...
Modern Voices
What the Ground Remembers
People arrive expecting something dramatic — a battlefield, maybe, with monuments and cannon placements. What they find is quiet rolling hills, open fields, and a few rows of reconstructed log huts. T...
