The Friends sponsor educational, interpretive, and awareness programs, foster and encourage conservation, and assist in the collection and preservation of historically significant artifacts and structures. The Friends assume this role as a means of support to ensure that Valley Forge will continue to remain a significant historical event and place in our country’s history.

Upcoming Events

Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Veteran's Day Commemoration
10:30 AM Wreath Laying at National Memorial Arch and Living History at Muhlenberg's Brigade from 11 AM to 3 PM

Thursday, November 19, 2009

Friends Lecture Series at the Chapel
7 PM in the Washington Memorial Chapel: Bishop White Library, featuring Dr. David Robarge, Chief Historian, CIA
"Secret Revolution: How the Patriots Used Intelligence to Help Win the War for Independence"

Intelligence work is as American as cherry pie and as old as the Republic. Civilian and military leaders of the American Revolution used espionage, covert action, counterintelligence, deception, and cryptanalysis to offset the British army’s advantage in men and arms and help win the fight for independence. The techniques they used were remarkably sophisticated by today’s standards. There much more to the secret side of the Revolution than Nathan Hale and Benedict Arnold.

About the speaker: David Robarge received his Ph.D. in American History from Columbia University. He joined the CIA in 1989 and became a political and leadership analyst on the Middle East, then moved to the CIA History Staff in 1996. He was appointed Chief Historian in 2005.  Dr. Robarge’s articles and book reviews on CIA leaders, counterintelligence, intelligence in the American Revolution, covert action, and technical collection have appeared in Studies in Intelligence, Intelligence and National Security, and The Journal of Intelligence History.  He has taught intelligence history at George Mason University in Virginia and also written a biography of Chief Justice John Marshall.

Saturday, December 19, 2009

The Army Arrives!
Join us from 5-8 PM to commemorate the March in of the Continental Army

Saturday, January 2, 2010

Join the Continental Army
Children ages 6 to 12 years old are invited to "enlist" in the Continental Army. Recruits learn how to stand, march and drill like a soldier. Learn more

Monday, January 18, 2010

Martin Luther King Day of Services

Thursday, January 21, 2010

Friends Lecture Series at the Chapel
7 PM in the Washington Memorial Chapel Library, featuring Phil Meade

Saturday, February 6, 2010

Join the Continental Army
Children ages 6 to 12 years old are invited to "enlist" in the Continental Army. Recruits learn how to stand, march and drill like a soldier.
Learn more

How to join or gain more information:

Visit the Friends website

Call (610) 783-1777
Write to:
The Friends of Valley Forge National Historical Park
1400 N Outerline Drive
King of Prussia, PA 19406.

If you wish to donate to the Park, please mail to the above address, in care of The Friends of Valley Forge Park