CONTENTS
Cover
List of Illustrations
Preface
1. The First Hundred years at Valley Forge
2. The Centennial and Memorial Association of
Valley Forge
3. A Rocky Beginning for the Valley Forge
Park Commission
4. The Park Commission Triumphs
5. The Churches at Valley Forge
6. Historical Accuracy vs Good Taste: Valley
Forge in the 1920s and 1930s
7. The "Complete Restoration" of Valley
Forge
8. New Uses for an Old Story
9. The Siege of Valley Forge
10. A Struggle for Growth and
Professionalism at the Washington Memorial
11. New Interpretations at Valley Forge
Epilogue: Valley ForgePast,
Present, Future
Notes
Bibliography
Index (omitted from on-line edition)
1. Washington's
Headquarters at Valley Forge, c. 1861
2. Valley Forge
Centennial illustration from Harper's Weekly
3. Old mill and tenant
houses in Valley Forge
4. Plan of Valley Forge
Park, c. 1902
5. Valley Forge's first
monument
6. Washington's
Headquarters, c. 1910
7. The second historic
structure acquired by the park
8. Map of Valley Forge
Park, 1908
9. Dedication ceremony
for monument, 1911
10. Valley Forge sheep
11. Early preservation effort
at Redoubt #3
12. National Memorial
Arch
13a. 13b. Two early photographs of Varnum's Quarters
14. Two drawings of Dr.
Burk's chapel plans
15a. 15b. Washington Memorial Chapel during
construction
16. Worker excavating
forge
17. Valley Forge's replica of
Houdon's statue of George Washington
18. Dr. Burk's grave
19. One of the first replica
huts at Valley Forge
20. Map of Valley Forge,
1941
21. Replica hut built in
1935
22. Replica hut designed by
George Edwin Brumbaugh
23. Row of Brumbaugh's
huts
24. Advertisement for
Washington Inn
25. The bake ovens that never
were
26. Postcard depicting the
Mansion House
27. Valley Forge in the
spring during the 1940s
28. Grave marker dating from
the 1930s
29. Statue of General Von
Steuben
For MAT and for my mother,
who celebrates her birthday on June 19th
Publication of this book was aided by a grant from Furthermore, the
publication program of the J. M. Kaplan Fund.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Treese, Lorett, 1952-
Valley Forge : making and remaking a national
symbol / Lorett Treese.
p. cm.
"A keystone book"
Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index.
ISBN 0-271-01402-4 (cloth) ISBN 0-271-01403-2 (pbk.)
1. Historic SitesPennsylvaniaValley ForgeConservation
and restorationHistory 2. Washington, George,
1732-1799HeadquartersPennsylvaniaValley Forge 3.
Valley Forge (Pa.)History 4. ParksPennsylvaniaValley
ForgeHistory 5. Valley Forge National Historical Park (Pa.) I.
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