Jul 14
2010

Are you blessed, as I am, to live near a historic site? I’d love to know.

I’ve been driving my son back and forth to day camp this week, and my route takes me through Valley Forge National Park where General Washington wintered his troops in 1777 during the Revolutionary War. They weathered a hard and bitter season in which hungry soldiers left footprints of blood in the snow because so many lacked adequate footwear. I love traveling through that peaceful place, seeing the soldier’s spare cabins, surveying the rolling acres where General von Steuben drilled them in the spring. My son likes to imagine that he’s back in those days scouting the area, watching out for Red Coats.

We are, of course, also close to center city Philadelphia, home of Independence Hall, the Liberty Bell, the National Constitution Center, and the Betsey Ross House, as well as many colonial homesteads scattered around the area.

How about you? Do you live near any historic places? Please tell me about them!

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