| Show The Monster Monger Celebration to Be lie Held Meld at 19 will mark the one une hundred and anniversary ot nt t J tho rho evaluation of at Valley Forge l by b George Oti rge Wll Washington hington and mul his hi army Irmy of at patriots patriot and the th day dA will willbe willbe willbe be a n way wa b befitting the star sic of the tile spot snot and the occasion OI lIllon It tyre nt fit Volley Valley VIII Forge that the devoted band of ot Americans passed six Ix months month of ot terrible suffering In the hard hand winter wi liter A if f and It was wu at nt Valley Forge although no battle hIttI was wan taught fought that the Colonials demonstrated d by b their en lurance In the face of hunger und end sitar dis disease ease en their ability to maintain the tho war for Cur Indo p June U li 1778 1178 the and re retreated treated to New Y aim day ew 11 Washington abandon the noll memorable headquarters and start Hart on the tl campaign that was to end ml with the liberation of the Amerl I un people horn the British thrall small mull wonder then that for this ilia cen cent century tui tur tury and H II quarter anniversary nn 1 VII a pro hoe has hi been prepared which will url one of the th most mOlt patriotic celebration eel bra lima tion In the history ot of the country It 11 Is le I expected that at et least leant will attend the lie exercises In rei and hla fact alone would be sufficient to make the th demonstration more mol noteworthy than any an of ot HH pred lessors at irto historic ground The Th will lust last throughout the lay lav I a y beginning In the morning with a R ai aBrand Brand i a ml review and arid an address v 1 Roosevelt After lunch n will win be the tb principal Couture r Senator Henry Cabot lodge the oration of th III the day lIay on the th at al Valley Palley Forge Irot Other prominent men IMn of ot will wll RIo also make fl eti Among bodies es participating I Ill ling In the function will be bees a 8 r y rW 1 W WS i S ti to toa a p L 1 i t lii s I HM v 11 j 1 iI Y d c 1 y etta I ly Ilc t tee s a YI Valley forgo fOlge fort c large Jar fer ferry toru of ot United defied States Settee troops militia from many tny states of the Union Pennsylvania national guardsmen and delegation of ot patriotic societies from all over oYer the Ih country The Th arran Arrangements emente are Iii Ili the hands of the Valley ForKe Anniversary association tion ably obi seconded by lIy the Daughters ot of the tl le American m c A reception ieee i on committee which ions has been appointed to look after the numbers among I Its members many prominent Some Rome time ago allo Invitations were wert sent Hent ID to the governors of tho the ten teen original tat pointing out to thin the th nature ot of this thin years yeara lIun warmly urging them to attend I Without Its e exception acceptances Vero e re reo r Some ot of the chief In replying to the Invitation emphasized emphasised d their acceptance by stating that noth nothing ing but or death will prevent them from being present Undoubtedly the great majority of ot those thoe who make the Journey to Valley Vally I Forge even een today but a little I Pennsylvania en s t n n village v age some lame so e r n e miles mile from Philadelphia will pee r th f O set Jt t least part of their time In rambling over the lie fields and hula hills on which the encampment was waa located and In tn visit visiting ing In the th Interesting landmarks that have Gave been pr ever the tho Involution lion tion Chief hl f t among ar three Is II of course Ourse the Potts which Washing Washington ton 1 n a d P his liln headquarters 1 d guar t era TI Thanks k t to Valley alley V d urge forge the tha patriotism of Jf Pennsylvania U It t stands stan today tn in almost tin the settle same c condl lion tion ns na during those weary months when the first president pared up UI and nt down Its lis narrow end and 11 lied anxiously I through th the old fashioned windows at nt the huts hut wherein so O many ot of f His were cre slowly lowly wailing to death Little has Iwen I la en n changed even the locks and ond bolts of ot the loots being th thu the theIo Io u ks ke und and bolts bolt that guarded the privacy of or the great Brent warrior statesman Floors windows and are ato those that Washington knew In one room loom Is k R a window Seat cat ea t with a n cavity that he hI nol hole lowed out In order to conceal conc 1 his papers It 11 was 1118 ns covered with a 1 cushion and noone no noone noone one would guess gue that his most moat valuable documents were Yere hidden there thre of ot the house stands n a 1 loe toi cabin which Washington built to serf sere rn as n A n dining room nod lend In this cabin I la hi a wet well known in liS n well 11 whit ii yields cI r ur I cold cohl water Of especial Invest 11 t women visitors ar ue are the private n arl manta mi nt nt of ot Martha Washington ten which have been heen fitted up Ut by the Daughters of ut the American In Revolution on the name plan an nil the tha sleeping room the she he oc occupied it at nt Mount Vernon Anniversary pilgrims will also l 10 o first find the headquarters of several I of ot Wash generals In much the th same lame m as liS In Like their leader tender the generals them themselves solves selves In III farmhouse of ot which are al far tram from the beaten track of ot the lure Ih Ihn average n 0 ro It visitor to III h Valloy Forge Norge I r but Jut all of ot which iron hom the memories they III I hold are well Will worth seeking out The 1111 Theold Theold old forge foige Itself H ett from which the place derived Its name mute na e won was burned down downa a 11 few years ago ao but the visitor will tUII have no In learning where r It t local Hi HiThe The c farmhouses arm o e which veer have won un dying f fame m front from their aB a with 1 I the Hie encampment are MO scattered over oel n 1 several In extent Tho rho visitor who line has no nil exact Idea of ot their location will do well to Inform of ot the names by b which they tho mate known to tn the people of ot the district alu ele la Ire cnn can never hope 1101 to lind For Vav l or the farmhouse occupied by lIV the Pennsylvania r berg brg is la I better known to th the Inhabitants I of the section b by J the name Of ot Moore piece and similarly the of ot General will be mow mom easily talI located If one oaks asks n to b be directed d J t 4 tto to the Firs WiltOn farm larm Not fur ur from the site sHe of tho rho noted Star redoubt on th the Port fort pouted Kennedy or I River load coed I stands U th house occupied whose Rhode In iw Inland w by b ral Varnum land troops were werl on nn the th north side 1111 of ot the rood road Pont Of or the tile Star dun I II redoubt About a third of a IA mile south southWest I I West ACS of lit the redoubt IB Is I ho the theold old place that thul was used Lund on as the th head headquarters quarters quarter of ot Knox Another In Interesting ii spot I is III 1 to 10 be found on mt the tho north side of the rood road r JAll leading team from Centreline to Valley alley Forge where th the thA Hone Hons of the Involution have a marker to guide tourists to the tread head quarters quarter of o Wayne Wane still 1111 stand Mond ial Ina with Its It I mysterious closets wild and like Ilk secret receptacles r The visitor will further find much to impress him In ht the th of or the earthworks by which the famous en encampment encampment encampment was waa surrounded ell As All they thy stand today tool they are from six to eight feet sigh high and several mile malice In III length while the sites lite of at the inn old forts forte Wash Walh Washington Washington ington and ant Huntingdon are art Mill plainly marked Altogether those who attend th the anniversary exercises are ale certain to entertainment apart from frOIn the celebration Itself EL O 0 WOODSON I Ir r |
