Valley Forge (disambiguation)

Valley Forge (disambiguation)

Valley Forge can refer to:

Historical and geographical

* Valley Forge, a pivotal winter encampment of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War.
* Valley Forge National Historical Park, which interprets the encampment.
* Valley Forge State Park, became Valley Forge National Historical Park for the US Bicentennial in 1976.
* Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, the small community in southeastern Pennsylvania, that lent the encampment its name.
* Valley Forge, York County, Pennsylvania, a small community in south-central Pennsylvania, near York, PA.
* Valley Forge State Forest, a former state forest west of Valley Forge, renamed "William Penn State Forest" in August 2007

Academic

* Valley Forge Military Academy and College, a private military school and college in Wayne, Pennsylvania
* Valley Forge Christian College, a private college in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania

Military and Scouting

*, ships of the US Navy named to honor the sacrifices made at Valley Forge.
* Valley Forge General Hospital, a military hospital near Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, open from 1950 to 1975.
* Valley Forge Pilgrimage, an annual event of the Boy Scouts of America.

Literature and the arts

* Valley Forge (song), a song by Iced Earth.
* "Valley Forge", a fictional "Space Freighter" carrying geodesic domes in the film Silent Running.
* "Valley Forge", an ill-fated troop transporter in Robert Heinlein's novel "Starship Troopers".
* "Valley Forge (play)", a play by Maxwell Anderson, about the winter that George Washington spent there.
* "Valley Forge (film)", 1975 TV-Movie about the encampment, starring Richard Basehart as George Washington.


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