Paul Revere's house, Faneuil Hall, the Craigie House where Longfellow wrote, a hundred more — an American pilgrimage told building by building, when many of these places were still fighting to survive.

The Headquarters at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania

3 shrines in this part of Historic Shrines of America.

The Headquarters at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania

The Headquarters at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania: Mills

The Headquarters at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania: October

Later in the day the army marched to Skippack, within about twenty-five miles of Philadelphia. The next stage in the advance was Methacton…

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