Martha Dandridge Custis Washington: The ‘Gracious Hostess’ of Valley Forge
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5 min readSep 25, 2022
Valley Forge. It was at this place that many argue was where the fate of the American Revolution was decided. The winter of 1777–1778 was brutal and frigid. The landscape was whitewashed, and the air was frozen. In December 1777, twelve thousand men serving under General George Washington marched to Valley Forge, where they would camp for the winter during a…
