Delaware State Monument

The Delaware State Monument

NPS Photo / G. Purifoy

Quick Facts

Location:

Located just off of the paved entrance to the parking lot at the Washington's Headquarter complex, east and uphill from the Valley Forge Train Station.

Significance:

Commemorates the Delaware troops at Valley Forge.

Designation:

State Monument

Amenities

8 listed

Baby Changing Station, Cellular Signal, Historical/Interpretive Information/Exhibits, Information, Information Kiosk/Bulletin Board, Parking - Auto, Parking - Bus/RV, Pets Allowed

Monument Information

The state of Delaware was the fifth state to honor its Revolutionary War troops with a memorial at Valley Forge. This monument was donated by the state of Delaware on October 31, 1914. The Delaware Regiment (there was only one regiment from Delaware) was considered by many to be the crack regiment of the Continental Army, but it did not winter at Valley Forge. Captain Allen McLane's Delaware Company of Patton's Additional Continental Regiment, however, served throughout the winter providing Washington with intelligence of British movements.

Source: Dodd, C., Dodd, J. (1981) List of Classified Structures Reports. Volume VI: Monuments. Valley Forge National Historical Park.

Inscription

THE STATE OF DELAWARE
ERECTS THIS MARKER IN MEMORY
OF HER GALLANT SONS WHO ENDURED
THE HARDSHIPS AND PRIVATIONS
OF THE MEMORABLE WINTER OF
1777 - 1778 ON THE HILLS OF
VALLEY FORGE.

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