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Preserving Upper Merion's Past To Enlighten Its Future

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First National Thanksgiving Day

Posted on November 30, 2019 Posted in E-History Fact

Joseph Plumb Martin was born in western Massachusetts in 1760. His father was a pastor who often got in trouble for speaking his mind too freely. At the age of seven, Joseph was sent to live with his affluent grandfather. When the war started in 1775, Martin was eager to enlist, but he was too young. Many of Martin’s friends

The Rebel Hill Encampment

Posted on November 9, 2019 Posted in E-History Fact

Congratulations to our very own Sheilah Vance who has published an article in the Journal of the American Revolution. The article recounts the six-day encampment of the Continental Army on Rebel Hill near Gulph Mills before marching to Valley Forge. This oft-forgotten chapter of our history deserves to be more well-known than it is. Well done, Sheilah! VALLEY FORGE’S THRESHOLD: