DESCRIPTION:
Subject: Valley Forge, Washington Headquarters in Winter, PA
Condition: Fair (See scans)
Back side: Divided
Circulated: Yes
Year: 1908
Publisher: The World Post Card Co.
Postmark: March 28, 1908, Port Kennedy, PA
"The small building known as Washington’s Headquarters was the place where General George Washington and his staff lived and worked for the six months of the Valley Forge winter encampment. Beginning on May 23, visitors will be delighted by a fully restored building and completely new facilities surrounding it. Visitors enter the site on a hilltop with a dramatic view of the Schuylkill River and walk down into the historic landscape surrounding Headquarters. The completely restored 1913 Reading Railroad Station is the place where rangers will meet visitors for guided tours of Headquarters, which take place on the half hour. An exhibit on the archeology of the Valley Forge itself, which was burned during a British raid in 1777, is on display in the adjacent stable." (Attribution: http://www.nps.gov/vafo/historyculture/washingtonhq.htm)
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