Inside Valley Forge: What Life Was Really Like for the 12,000 Soldiers Whose Suffering Built the Continental Army

Each year, thousands of visitors walk the grounds of Valley Forge, one of Montgomery County’s most storied historic sites.

They come for the history. Most leave with only half the story.

The familiar version goes like this: Washington’s Continental Army suffered through a brutal, snow-choked winter, held together by sheer willpower, and emerged stronger in the spring…

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