Virginia State Monument

The Virginia State Monument at Valley Forge

NPS Photo / G. Purifoy

Quick Facts

Location:

This monument is located on the right side of South Outer Line Drive after the bend in the road beyond the Wayne Statue and immediately past the Scott's Brigade Monument.

Significance:

This monument commemorates the service of soldiers from Virginia at the Valley Forge Encampment.

Designation:

State Monument

Amenities

4 listed

Cellular Signal, Historical/Interpretive Information/Exhibits, Information, Pets Allowed

Monument Information

Thirteen regiments from Virginia were present at Valley Forge. This monument, donated by the Sons of the American Revolution of Virginia on August 3, 1983, was the last state monument established. Connecticut is the only state that had regiments at the encampent but has no state monument in the park.

Inscription

VIRGINIA

THIS MARKER IS PLACED AT THE ENCAMPMENT SITE OF
REGIMENTS OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA TO
COMMEMORATE THE OFFICERS AND MEN OF VIRGINIA
WHICH AREA AT THAT TIME ENCOMPASSED WHAT IS
NOW THE STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA. THESE VIRGINIANS
WERE WINTERED HERE IN 1777 - 1778 AS PART OF
GENERAL GEORGE WASHINGTON'S ARMY IN THE WAR
FOR AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE

ERECTED BY THE SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
OF VIRGINIA

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