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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 National Historical Park|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]]. | 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 National Historical Park|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 - | * 2007 - Allan Mclane, Washington's right hand man, who also played a large role in the Revolution's spys | ||
== See also == | == See also == | ||
*[[Scouting in Pennsylvania]] | *[[Scouting in Pennsylvania]] | ||