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Valley Forge National Historical ParkSunriseing over the hills of Valley Forge on a cold crisp January morning
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Valley Forge National Historical Park
General George Washington

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From the day he took command of the Continental Army in 1775, General George Washington's faith in the moral rightness of the American cause never wavered. The character and purpose that helped sustain him and his soldiers at Valley Forge is reflected in Charles Wilson Peale's 1780 portrait of the general (left).
Sketch by Michael Panno of a gracile sabertooth cat, Smilodon gracilis  

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Port Kennedy Cave, located in what is now Valley Forge NHP, produced one of the most significant assemblages of Pleistocene fossils in North America. 14 plants and 48 animals are represented, including wolverine, Wheatley's ground sloth, long-nosed peccary, Hay's tapir, and lesser short-faced bear.
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