Valley Forge National Historical Park is the site of the third winter encampment of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War from December 19, 1777 to June 19, 1778. The National Par
The National Memorial Arch at the park
An illustration of Washington and Lafayette at Valley Forge
Washington's Headquarters
Recreation of a cabin in which soldiers would have lived at Valley Forge
Friedrich Wilhelm August Heinrich Ferdinand Freiherr von Steuben, often referred to in English as Baron von Steuben, was a Prussian-born army officer who played a leading role in the American Revoluti
Valley Forge National Historical Park
…to retrain and rejuvenate. The shared hardship of the officers and soldiers of the Continental Army and the professional military training provided by Baron Friedrich von Steuben are considered a turning point in the Revolutionary War, which secured the independence of the Thirteen Colonies and the establishment of the United…
Portrait by Ralph Earl, c. 1786
![Portrait by Charles Willson Peale, c. 1780]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Baron_Steuben_by_Peale%2C_1780.jpg/500px-Baron_Steuben_by_Peale%2C_1780.jpg)
Portrait by Charles Willson Peale, c. 1780]
The Steuben Statue in Valley Forge National Historical Park
Mount Gulian, Fishkill, NY