“AT HAND TO PROTECT THE COUNTRY” DESPITE COLD, LACK OF FOOD, SUPPLIES by James Still, ©2017, RetraceOurSteps.com (Dec. 1, 2017) — On December 19, 1777, one day after America’s First National Thanksgiving, Washington’s army marched into Valley Forge to begin preparations for winter camp. Valley Forge, named after an iron forge on Valley Creek, was […]