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== Events == | == Events == | ||
[[Image:Valley forge revolutionary war memorial bs.jpg|thumb| [[Valley Forge|National Memorial Arch]]]] | [[Image:Valley forge revolutionary war memorial bs.jpg|thumb| [[Valley Forge|National Memorial Arch]]]] | ||
The event itself is divided into two parts: the Encampment, in which Scouts camp from Friday through Sunday on the [[Presidents' Day (United States)|Presidents' Day]] weekend, and the Pilgrimage which is all day Saturday. During the Pilgrimage, participants move around the | The event itself is divided into two parts: the Encampment, in which Scouts camp from Friday through Sunday on the [[Presidents' Day (United States)|Presidents' Day]] weekend, and the Pilgrimage which is all day Saturday. During the Pilgrimage, participants move around the Valley Forge NHP to hear volunteer interpreters from the National Park Service tell how the Continentals lived. Replicas of the original huts provide a glimpse of daily life. Conditions during the winter were poor, so the stories are also told how more than 2,000 soldiers died from [[typhus]], [[dysentery]], [[typhoid]] and [[pneumonia]]. | ||
== Themes == | == Themes == | ||
* 2007 - Allan Mclane, Washington's right hand man, who also played a large role in the Revolution's spys | * 2007 - Allan Mclane, Washington's right hand man, who also played a large role in the Revolution's spys | ||
