Date of Visit: February 26, 2026
We started our visit to Valley Forge National Historical Park with the movie (after getting our stamps and failing to get the rangers to understand our Valley Frog National Treasure reference). We also explored the museum a little, where Nora and I enjoyed using the Lincoln Logs to build a cabin to match the model one to represent the cabins the soldiers built for their winter stay at Valley Forge.
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| Pretending to Load Cannon |
On the first stop of the driving tour around Valley Forge (Muhlenberg's Brigade), Nora and I posed pretending to do the cannon loading drill.
At our first stop, we also enjoyed seeing the hut exhibits. It was particularly cool in that there was snow on the ground to help feel like a more authentic visit to Valley Forge.
Our next stop was at the National Memorial Arch.
On our way to Washington's Headquarters, we stopped at Wayne's Statue.
Washington's Headquarters is not open this time of year, but we still stopped to walk the path to see it and the George Washington statue.
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| Washington's Headquarters |
Our second to last stop was at the Von Steuben Statue. We also walked to Varnum's Quarters (also not open).
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| Varnum's Quarters |
Our last stop was at Washington Memorial Chapel. Here we found a bell statue that is part of a series across Pennsylvania for the Semiquincentennial. We also realized that inside they have the Justice Bell, which is a replica of the Liberty Bell that was used as part of the Women's Suffrage movement and we had been reading about it the previous day when we visited the Liberty Bell.
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| Justic Bell |
See full list of Ranger Dan's National Parks Visited here.
