List of Illistrations
Preface
1. The First Hundred years at Valley Forge
2. The Centennial and Memorial Association of Valley Forge
3. A Rocky Beginning for the Valley Forge Park Commission
4. The Park Commission Triumphs
5. The Churches at Valley Forge
6. Historical Accuracy vs Good Taste: Valley Forge in the 1920s and 1930s
7. The "Complete Restoration" of Valley Forge
8. New Uses for an Old Story
9. The Siege of Valley Forge
10. A Struggle for Growth and Professionalism at the Washington Memorial
11. New Interpretations at Valley Forge
Epilogue: Valley Forge—Past, Present, Future
Notes
Bibliography
Index (omitted from on-line edition)
1. Washington's Headquarters at Valley Forge, c. 1861
2. Valley Forge Centennial illustration from Harper's Weekly
3. Old mill and tenant houses in Valley Forge
4. Plan of Valley Forge Park, c. 1902
5. Valley Forge's first monument
6. Washington's Headquarters, c. 1910
7. The second historic structure acquired by the park
8. Map of Valley Forge Park, 1908
9. Dedication ceremony for monument, 1911
10. Valley Forge sheep
11. Early preservation effort at Redoubt #3
12. National Memorial Arch
13a. 13b. Two early photographs of Varnum's Quarters
14. Two drawings of Dr. Burk's chapel plans
15a. 15b. Washington Memorial Chapel during construction
16. Worker excavating forge
17. Valley Forge's replica of Houdon's statue of George Washington
18. Dr. Burk's grave
19. One of the first replica huts at Valley Forge
20. Map of Valley Forge, 1941
21. Replica hut built in 1935
22. Replica hut designed by George Edwin Brumbaugh
23. Row of Brumbaugh's huts
24. Advertisement for Washington Inn
25. The bake ovens that never were
26. Postcard depicting the Mansion House
27. Valley Forge in the spring during the 1940s
28. Grave marker dating from the 1930s
29. Statue of General Von Steuben
For MAT
and for my mother,
who celebrates her birthday on June 19th
Publication of this book was aided by a grant from Furthermore, the publication program of the J. M. Kaplan Fund.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Treese, Lorett, 1952-
Valley Forge : making and remaking a national symbol / Lorett Treese.
p. cm.
"A keystone book"
Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index.
ISBN 0-271-01402-4 (cloth) — ISBN 0-271-01403-2 (pbk.)
1. Historic Sites—Pennsylvania—Valley Forge—Conservation and restoration—History 2. Washington, George, 1732-1799—Headquarters—Pennsylvania—Valley Forge 3. Valley Forge (Pa.)—History 4. Parks—Pennsylvania—Valley Forge—History 5. Valley Forge National Historical Park (Pa.) I. Title
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A Keystone Book is so designated to distinguish it from the typical scholarly monograph that a university press publishes. It is a book intendend to serve the citizens of Pennsylvania by educating them and others, in an entertaining way, about aspects of the history, culture, society, and environment of the state as part of the Middle Atlantic region.
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