Valley Forge was not the coldest winter of the Revolution. Yes, 250 years of illustrations have portrayed a Continental Army perpetually snowbound in its winter encampment.

This month is a reminder. Two hundred and forty-seven years ago George Washington took his troops to a place to spend the winter. It was cold. The troops were wearing ...

‘The March to Valley Forge, December 16, 1777’ by William Trego (1883). Photo: Museum of the American Revolution Few moments in American history so fully engage the senses as does the winter ...

The winter encampment at Valley Forge was a stern test of the Americans’ devotion to their cause. For months, they were hungry, cold, and sick; more than 900 men deserted and thousands died.

The newly-released special, “Valley Forge: Washington’s Winter Army,” narrated by conservative actor Kevin Sorbo, takes viewers back to Christmastime in 1777.

When George Washington's Continental Army settled in for the winter at Valley Forge in December 1777, food was in short supply. Nearly 2,000 soldiers died during the encampment - some due to ...

Capt. Amasa Soper of Dartmouth was also at Valley Forge during part of that terrible winter. He was in command of the 4th Dartmouth militia company at the start of the war, and again in 1776 when ...

Today we celebrate one of the seminal turnarounds in US history for on this day in 1777, George Washington lead his beleaguered troops into winter quarters at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania. At that ...

They began that day a 13-mile slog over eight days in their weakened and cold bodies over the hills and through the woods towards their new winter encampment at Valley Forge. Back in November, ...