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Childless Cat LordI haven’t been posting much about my trip, but <a href="https://onionslices.social/tags/Philadelphia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Philadelphia</a> has far exceeded my expectations. Hanging out in a small town near <a href="https://onionslices.social/tags/ValleyForge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ValleyForge</a> after a fantastic morning of exploring more history, and noting that <a href="https://onionslices.social/tags/Pennsylvania" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Pennsylvania</a> is making a great impression, overall! P.S. the <a href="https://onionslices.social/tags/Phillies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Phillies</a> game last night was LIT!

World History EncyclopediaThe American Revolution (1765-1789) was a period of political upheaval in the Thirteen Colonies of British North America. <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#History</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ValleyForge" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#ValleyForge</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/StampAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#StampAct</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/GeorgeWashington" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#GeorgeWashington</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/HistoryFacts" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#HistoryFacts</a> <a href="https://www.worldhistory.org/American_Revolution/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no">https://www.worldhistory.org/American_Revolution/</a>

Carl JohnsonFinally got back out for a paddle today – haven't gotten out enough this summer, will try to do some more. We live in an area with no lakes so you have to watch the levels and flow in the river. Today there was plenty of water but the current was easy. <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/kayaking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#kayaking</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/paddling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#paddling</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/SchuylkillRiver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SchuylkillRiver</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/ValleyForge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ValleyForge</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Pennsylvania" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Pennsylvania</a>

World History EncyclopediaValley Forge was the winter encampment of the Continental Army from 19 December 1777 until 18 June 1778, during one of the most difficult winters of the American Revolutionary War (1775-1783). <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#History</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ValleyForge" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#ValleyForge</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/AmericanRevolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#AmericanRevolution</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ContinentalArmy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#ContinentalArmy</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/HistoryFacts" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#HistoryFacts</a> <a href="https://www.worldhistory.org/Valley_Forge/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no">https://www.worldhistory.org/Valley_Forge/</a>

Rich Stein (he/him)<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SilentSunday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SilentSunday</a> — old farmstead at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania. (It's a terrific place to visit — lots of historical significance, a terrific visitors center with interesting interpretive displays — and great trails for running, bike riding, dog walking, etc.) Have a good day.<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#photography</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/photo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#photo</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fotografia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fotografia</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fotografie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fotografie</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/foto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#foto</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/landscape" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#landscape</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LandscapePhotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LandscapePhotography</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/running" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#running</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TrailRunning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TrailRunning</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ValleyForge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ValleyForge</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Pennsylvania" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Pennsylvania</a>

Carl JohnsonA break in the rain and clouds (the winter's been warm though) got me out for my first real <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/BikeRide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BikeRide</a> of the year – a quick run along the <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/SchuylkillRiverTrail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SchuylkillRiverTrail</a> to <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/ValleyForge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ValleyForge</a>. There are two old train stations in the park, one fabulously restored and open to the public, and the other, not so much. I'm at the other. <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/cycling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#cycling</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/bicycling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bicycling</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/RoadCycling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RoadCycling</a>

Laloofah1/2 <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/HeatherCoxRichardson" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#HeatherCoxRichardson</a>: “The insurrectionists at the Capitol were not patriots. They were trying to overthrow the government in order to take away the right at the center of American democracy: our right to determine our own destiny. Commemorating them as heroes is the 21st century’s version of erecting Confederate statues.” <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/AmericanRevolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#AmericanRevolution</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/patriots" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#patriots</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ValleyForge" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#ValleyForge</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#history</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Jan6" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Jan6</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/insurrection" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#insurrection</a> <a href="https://open.substack.com/pub/heathercoxrichardson/p/january-6-2024?r=1k4nht&utm_medium=ios&utm_campaign=post" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no">https://open.substack.com/pub/heathercoxrichardson/p/january-6-2024?r=1k4nht&utm_medium=ios&utm_campaign=post</a>

MugsysRapSheet 🔩🐑🐘@Olbermann includes <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Biden</a>'s entire <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ValleyForge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ValleyForge</a> speech at the end of a Special Edition of his Friday podcast.Listen to the entire 40 minute speech and try to imagine <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DarthTraitor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DarthTraitor</a> saying anything so eloquent: <a href="https://omny.fm/shows/countdown-with-keith-olbermann/bulletin-biden-reaches-jfk-fdr-heights-in-vivisect" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://omny.fm/shows/countdown-with-keith-olbermann/bulletin-biden-reaches-jfk-fdr-heights-in-vivisect</a>

Preston MacDougall<a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/JoeBiden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#JoeBiden</a> gives a powerful speech at <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/ValleyForge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ValleyForge</a> , where <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/GeorgeWashington" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GeorgeWashington</a> rallied American <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/RevolutionaryWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RevolutionaryWar</a> 🇺🇸 <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/patriots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#patriots</a>. <a href="https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/decision-2024/president-biden-montgomery-county/3737333/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/decision-2024/president-biden-montgomery-county/3737333/</a>The key line: “We all know who <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/DonaldTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DonaldTrump</a> is. The question is ‘Who are we?’!” 💪 🎤 Stand for <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#democracy</a> ! 🗳️ 🌊 💩 👉 🚽

jackhutton 🇺🇸Oh my.. lol. Biden on Trump and his joking about the Paul Pelosi attack: "What a sick .. [son of a bitch-] " :) <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#biden</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/valleyforge" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#valleyforge</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/jan6" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#jan6</a>

Carolleisa<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PresidentBidentospeak" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PresidentBidentospeak</a> on democracy on Friday near <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ValleyForge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ValleyForge</a> due to impending inclement weather instead of Saturday as previously planned to mark the third anniversary of the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Jan6riots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Jan6riots</a> at the U.S. Capitol. <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/4388709-biden-moving-speech-on-democracy-jan-6-winter-storm/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/4388709-biden-moving-speech-on-democracy-jan-6-winter-storm/</a>

effortless infoValley Forge was the site of the Continental Army’s winter encampment from December 1777 to June 1778. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ValleyForge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ValleyForge</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#History</a><a href="https://effortless.info/history/us-history/encampment-at-valley-forge/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://effortless.info/history/us-history/encampment-at-valley-forge/</a>

Patti AliventiMy review of the book Second Chance: An Alternative History, American Revolution, Military Time Travel Novel by Michael Roberts <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/alternatehistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#alternatehistory</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/AmericanRevolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AmericanRevolution</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/BattleofSaratoga" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BattleofSaratoga</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/bookreview" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bookreview</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/GeorgeWashington" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GeorgeWashington</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/RevolutionaryWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RevolutionaryWar</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/timetravel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#timetravel</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/ValleyForge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ValleyForge</a><a href="https://thoughtsfromthemountaintop.com/2023/07/13/book-review-second-chance-an-alternative-history-american-revolution-military-time-travel-novel-by-michael-roberts/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://thoughtsfromthemountaintop.com/2023/07/13/book-review-second-chance-an-alternative-history-american-revolution-military-time-travel-novel-by-michael-roberts/</a>

Carl JohnsonIn my defense, I had no idea that <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/ManholeCoverMonday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ManholeCoverMonday</a> was a thing here, or I'd have been participating long ago. Bits of artistic infrastructure fascinate me. Here's the first one I could find on my phone, on the grounds of the former <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/ValleyForge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ValleyForge</a> General Hospital, a military hospital now used for a Christian college. I'm not sure which foundry the 'W' represents – it appears to say "Contractors F[oun]dry Inc", and Phila, 1942.<a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/ManholeCover" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ManholeCover</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/SewerCovers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SewerCovers</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/ManholeCovers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ManholeCovers</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Utilities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Utilities</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/philadelphia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#philadelphia</a>

Carl JohnsonValley Forge National Park was busy, one idiot was extremely uncool, but we did get in a solid hour and a half with the <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/SchuylkillRiver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SchuylkillRiver</a> mostly to ourselves. <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/kayak" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#kayak</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/kayaking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#kayaking</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/paddling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#paddling</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/river" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#river</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/rivers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#rivers</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/ValleyForge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ValleyForge</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/ValleyForgeNationalPark" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ValleyForgeNationalPark</a>

Sean Riley<a href="https://mastaudon.org/tags/ValleyForge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ValleyForge</a> <a href="https://mastaudon.org/tags/PA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PA</a> <a href="https://mastaudon.org/tags/RevolutionaryWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RevolutionaryWar</a>

Chad HillReconstructed stable, Valley Forge 2023. Nikon f4s, Tamron 28-105 2.8, expired Plus-X. <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/BelieveInFilm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BelieveInFilm</a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/ValleyForge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ValleyForge</a>

Chad HillValley Forge, 2023, cont'd. Two more from our wander around the park this past weekend. F4s, Tamron 28-105 2.8, expired Plus-x 125. <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/BelieveInFilm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BelieveInFilm</a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/ValleyForge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ValleyForge</a>

Chad HillDetails of Washington's Headquarters, Valley Forge, 2023. Shot on expired plus-x with my trusty f4s/Tamron 28-105 2.8 combo. From our walk around the park this past weekend. <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/BelieveInFilm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BelieveInFilm</a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/ValleyForge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ValleyForge</a>

CT History NewsToday in <a href="https://nutmeg.social/tags/Connecticut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Connecticut</a> History, December 30: Mutiny at “Connecticut’s Valley Forge”Read the Story and Subscribe for Daily Updates TODAYINCTHISTORY.com<a href="https://todayincthistory.com/2022/12/30/december-30-a-winter-mutiny-at-connecticuts-valley-forge/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://todayincthistory.com/2022/12/30/december-30-a-winter-mutiny-at-connecticuts-valley-forge/</a><a href="https://nutmeg.social/tags/18thcentury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#18thcentury</a> <a href="https://nutmeg.social/tags/americanrevolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#americanrevolution</a> <a href="https://nutmeg.social/tags/connecticuthistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#connecticuthistory</a> <a href="https://nutmeg.social/tags/connecticutparks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#connecticutparks</a> <a href="https://nutmeg.social/tags/december" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#december</a> <a href="https://nutmeg.social/tags/generalassembly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#generalassembly</a> <a href="https://nutmeg.social/tags/historicpreservation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#historicpreservation</a> <a href="https://nutmeg.social/tags/hudsonrivervalley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#hudsonrivervalley</a> <a href="https://nutmeg.social/tags/israelputnam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#israelputnam</a> <a href="https://nutmeg.social/tags/militaryhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#militaryhistory</a> <a href="https://nutmeg.social/tags/newyorkcity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#newyorkcity</a> <a href="https://nutmeg.social/tags/putnammemorialstatepark" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#putnammemorialstatepark</a> <a href="https://nutmeg.social/tags/redding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#redding</a> <a href="https://nutmeg.social/tags/revolutionarywar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#revolutionarywar</a> <a href="https://nutmeg.social/tags/valleyforge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#valleyforge</a>

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