May 4, 2009

Capital Investments This Year at Valley Forge National Historical Park

The park will receive $2,182,000 from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009 and $1,332,000 in appropriated funds for important preservation and mobility projects. 

April 20, 2009

Valley Forge:  The Peoples' Park

This is National Park Week across the country, a good time to think about the meaning and state of parks. 

April 23, 2009

Valley Forge celebrates National Junior Ranger Day

As part of National Park Week, Valley Forge National Historical Park will celebrate National Junior Ranger day on Saturday, April 25, 2009.

April 23, 2009

Valley Forge National Historical Park Receives over $2 million for Recovery Act Projects

Valley Forge National Historical Park announced today that it will receive $2,182,000 from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. The funds will be used in the restoration and rehabilitation of significant historic structures and landscapes at the park.

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Oath of Allegiance “Sworn before me at the Artillery Park, Valley Forge this 15th day of May 1778,” and is signed “HKnox B.G. Artillery.”

February 23, 2009

Park Receives Donation of an Oath of Allegiance  (PDF 45.4 KB)

Descendents of a Continental Army officer have donated to the park a United States Oath of Allegiance that was issued from the Valley Forge encampment. The oath was issued to First Lieutenant Lawrence Allman, a Pennsylvania native and member of the Continental 4^th Artillery. On it is hand-written “Sworn before me at the Artillery Park, Valley Forge this 15^th day of May 1778,” and is signed “HKnox B.G. Artillery.”

NPS Photo

January 28, 2009

Family-friendly activities to celebrate George Washington’s Birthday at Valley Forge National Historical Park (PDF 49.3 KB)

This year, to celebrate George Washington’s 277^th birthday, Valley Forge National Historical Park will host more than 2,000 Boy Scouts, welcome Continental Army re-enactors from the 2nd Pennsylvania Regiment and present a period birthday cake.

Throughout Presidents’ Day weekend (Feb. 14-16) visitors to the Park can enjoy hands-on activities commemorating the birth of George Washington at the place where it was first celebrated, in 1778. At that time, a group of soldiers serenaded the then-46-year old General for his birthday outside his headquarters.

January 26, 2009

Applications Now Being Accepted for The Bruce Baky Valley Forge Fellowship at The McNeil Center for Early American Studies.

The National Park Service and the Friends of Valley Forge Park have made possible the The Bruce Baky Valley Forge Fellowship, to be awarded to a dissertator specializing in military history during the American Revolution, broadly defined, when a suitable candidate is available. The fellowship honors the late Bruce Baky, former Chairman of the Friends of Valley Forge Park and a long-time advocate of strengthening connections between the academic community and the park. The Baky Fellow will be appointed to a ten-month term with a stipend of at least $21,000 and will be offered housing in Valley Forge National Historical Park. While devoting the majority of his or her time to dissertation work, the fellow will also develop and present public programming at the park, work with park staff, and develop at least one research or educational project for the park.

Visit the MCEAS Dissertation Fellowships page to apply