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1 online resource (xv, 269 pages) : illustrations |
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Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface to the Second Printing -- Preface -- 1. The First Hundred Years at Valley Forge -- 2. The Centennial and Memorial Association of Valley Forge -- 3. A Rocky Beginning for the Valley Forge Park Commission -- 4. The Park Commission Triumphs -- 5. The Churches at Valley Force -- 6. Historical Accuracy vs. Good Taste: Valley Forge in the 1920s and 1930s -- 7. The "Complete Restoration" of Valley Forge -- 8. New Uses for an Old Story -- 9. The Siege of Valley Forge |
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10. A Struggle for Growth and Professionalism at the Washington Memorial -- 11. New Interpretations at Valley Forge -- Epilogue: Valley Forge-Past, Present, Future -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Backcover |
| Summary |
More than four million people a year visit Valley Forge, one of America's most celebrated historic sites. Here, amid the rolling hills of southeastern Pennsylvania, visitors can pass through the house which served as Washington's Headquarters during the famous winter encampment of 1777-1778. Others picnic and jog in the huge park, complete with monuments, recreated log huts, and modern visitor center, all built to pay tribute to the Valley Forge story. In this lively book, Lorett Treese shows how Valley Forge evolved into the tourist mecca that it is today. In the process, she uses Valley Forge as a means for understanding how Americans view their own past. Treese explores the origins of popular images associated with Valley Forge, such as George Washington kneeling in the snow to seek divine assistance. She places Valley Forge in the context of the historic preservation movement as the site became Pennsylvania's first state park in 1893. She studies its "Era of Monuments" and the movement to "restore" Valley Forge in the spirit of Rockefeller's enormously popular colonial Williamsburg. Treese describes a Valley Forge fraught with controversy over the appropriate appearance and use of a place so revered. One such controversy, the "hot dog war," a brief but intense battle over concession stands, was spawned by Americans' changing perceptions of how a national park was to be used. The volatile Vietnam era prompted the state park commission to establish its "Subcommittee on Sex, Hippies, and Whiskey Swillers" to investigate park regulation infractions. Even today, people differ over exactly what happened at Valley Forge during the winter of 1777-1778. The modern visitor sees the remains of over a century of commemoration, competition, and contention. The result, Treese shows, is a historic site that may reveal more about succeeding history than about Washington's army. This book will give its readers a new way to look at Valley Forge-and all historic sites |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-262) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Washington, George, 1732-1799 -- Headquarters -- Pennsylvania -- Valley Forge
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Washington, George, 1732-1799 fast |
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Historic sites -- Conservation and restoration -- Pennsylvania -- Valley Forge -- History
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Parks -- Pennsylvania -- Valley Forge -- History
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- General.
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA)
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- New England (CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT)
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Armed Forces -- Headquarters
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Historic sites -- Conservation and restoration
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Parks
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Historische Stätte
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Konservierung
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Geschichte
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Valley Forge (Pa.) -- History
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Valley Forge National Historical Park (Pa.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2009007258
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Pennsylvania -- Valley Forge
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Pennsylvania -- Valley Forge National Historical Park
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Valley Forge, Pa.
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780271074153 |
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0271074159 |
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9780271074139 |
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0271074132 |
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