Troop 163 of Shoemakersville went on another excursion recently. Our latest trip took us to Valley Forge National Park in Valley Forge, PA. A short drive from our Berks County home, it is none the less a place where many of us probably have never been before, I know I have never visited.
Valley Forge is the area where the Continental Army camped out over the winter during the Revolutionary War. The encampment began being populated in December of 1777. The first task was to build shelters for the soldiers and a tidy sum was offered to the group that had their shelter done first. Many replicas of the cabins are represented there.