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Valley Forge National Historical Park
Exhibits
 

Forging a Nation—A New Exhibit at Valley Forge National Historical Park

Valley Forge—the name is so familiar to us that we rarely think about where it came from. There was an iron forge here once, and it gave its name to a village and to one of the most important events in American history—the winter encampment at Valley Forge.

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Did You Know?
Valley Forge was Pennsylvania’s first state park, established in 1893. In 1976, the bicentennial year of the Declaration of Independence, the park was transferred to the National Park System as Valley Forge National Historical Park.

Last Updated: January 09, 2008 at 14:48 EST