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Mixing American history with holiday fun in Valley Forge and Philadelphia

Mixing American history with holiday fun in Valley Forge and Philadelphia

Dec 11, 2014

Reenactment of Valley Forge encampment By Eileen Ogintz Tribune Content Agency Like most holiday travelers, they arrived starving and exhausted. But this was no ordinary holiday gathering. On Dec. 19,1777, George Washington and his Continental Army — 12,000 strong,...

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