Valley Forge
Continental Army's winter
Valley Forge is a site in southeastern Pennsylvania where the Continental Army under George Washington camped during the brutal winter of 1777–78.
Thousands died from cold, disease, and starvation.
The name has become shorthand for suffering and endurance through hardship: This project has been our Valley Forge.
Extreme nutritional deprivation
- frostbiteFreezing of body tissue
- diseaseDisorder impairing normal function
- sufferingSustained experience of distress
- coldLow temperature state
snow · freezing · survival · scarcity · barefoot · ragged · smallpox · dysentery
Colonial rebel military force
- barracksSoldiers' residential building
- tentsPortable fabric shelters
- headquartersCentral command location
- quartersAssigned living accommodations
George Washington · huts · log cabins · fortifications · drill · regiment · infantry · artillery
Sustained effort capacity
- resilienceCapacity to recover quickly
- fortitudeEnduring courage under pain
- determinationFirmness of purpose
- steadfastnessFirm loyal dedication
tenacity · grit · sacrifice · bravery · courage · resolve · dedication · commitment
Colonial separation from Britain
- independenceFreedom from external control
- coloniesTerritories under foreign control
- 18th centuryYears 1701-1800
- battlefieldCombat engagement area
musket · cannon · redoubt · strategic · siege · Patriots · Continental Congress · founding fathers
Structure honoring someone remembered
- memorialThing preserving remembrance
- national parkProtected land for conservation
- landmarkNotable point of reference
- historic siteDesignated place of significance
preservation · reenactment · archaeology · museum · commemoration · legacy · remembrance · tourism
starvation
Extreme nutritional deprivation
- frostbiteFreezing of body tissue
- diseaseDisorder impairing normal function
- sufferingSustained experience of distress
cold · snow · freezing · survival · scarcity · barefoot · ragged · smallpox · dysentery · death
Continental Army
Colonial rebel military force
- barracksSoldiers' residential building
- tentsPortable fabric shelters
- headquartersCentral command location
George Washington · quarters · huts · log cabins · fortifications · drill · regiment · infantry · artillery · bivouac
endurance
Sustained effort capacity
- resilienceCapacity to recover quickly
- fortitudeEnduring courage under pain
- determinationFirmness of purpose
steadfastness · tenacity · grit · sacrifice · bravery · courage · resolve · dedication · commitment · loyalty
American Revolution
Colonial separation from Britain
- independenceFreedom from external control
- coloniesTerritories under foreign control
- 18th centuryYears 1701-1800
battlefield · musket · cannon · redoubt · strategic · siege · Patriots · Continental Congress · founding fathers · rebellion
monument
Structure honoring someone remembered
- memorialThing preserving remembrance
- national parkProtected land for conservation
- landmarkNotable point of reference
historic site · preservation · reenactment · archaeology · museum · commemoration · legacy · remembrance · tourism · education
- PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, Pittsburgh, Lancaster, Erie, Harrisburg
- Mid-Atlantic ParksShenandoah, Gettysburg, Harpers Ferry, Great Falls, Fire Island
- Pennsylvania HeritagePennsylvania Dutch, hex signs, barn stars, German settlers, heart motifs
- Pennsylvania LandmarksIndependence Hall, Liberty Bell, Gettysburg, Fallingwater
- Pennsylvania PlacesDoylestown, Milford, Jim Thorpe, Punxsutawney, Titusville
- Revolutionary FortsWest Point, Saratoga, Fort Lee, redoubts, earthworks