Less than nine weeks before Washington’s troops retreated to Valley Forge—the main column arrived there on December 19—the Continental army had scored a decisive victory. On October 17 ...

this custom was adjusted to celebrate Washington's birthday. The first Birthnight Ball held in his honor took place at Valley Forge in 1778. Washington couldn't make any Alexandria-based ...

daughter of a Minute Man who was killed in the battle of Lexington, is stopping at the inn of her uncle, a Tory sympathizer, near the winter camp of Washington's army at Valley Forge.