Valley Forge

Who do you think all presidents today look up to? If you said George Washington, you would be correct! George Washington was the first president of the United States and was a founding father who led the Continental Army to victory throughout the Revolutionary War, thanks to John Adams, his vice president. George Washington was a great leader for both his military and political skills. Washington’s extraordinary military skills and tactics are shown on the battlefield, with his comrades fighting…

by role models. In The Other Wes Moore, two boys living across the street from each other have very different outcomes in life. For example, when Wes was young, he pulled pranks in school and didn’t get good grades. His mother sent him away to Valley Forge, a military school. At the school, he was set straight by his officers. This had a big influence on his identity because he started getting better grades which allowed him to join the military and be accepted into Johns Hopkins University. The…

to have been a major factor in his interest in marrying her. During the American Revolution, Martha assumed the prominent role as caretaker for her husband along with countless other soldiers. Throughout the famously astringent winter spent at Valley Forge, Martha Washington permanently engaged herself to the responsibility of…

Salinger had the same kind of lifestyle that his most famous character, Holden Caulfield from Catcher in the Rye, had. Salinger grew up with academic troubles and switched schools often. He attended several prep schools and then decided that the Valley Forge Military Academy was a good fit for him. He served as manager of the fencing team. The authors own boarding school experience helped him create his literary alter ego, Holden Caulfield. Both were team managers for their school and both had…

registered to serve, though “without arms.” The Militia Act forced free African Americans to serve in the war. Also cited in Document 5, it states, “…dozens of black Virginians served in every one of the state regiments, freezing, starving, and dying at Valley Forge.” By the time spring came, what was left of the group of black soldiers marched with mainly white soldiers. Among many, one African American named Peter Salem, fought in the Revolutionary War as one of the multitude of African…

loyalist enlists cowards run Groans moans and, coughing would be some of the terrible sounds I heard when serving my time as a veteran. Valley Forge was an encampment that started on December 19th, 1777 until June 19th, 1778. Many were dying from disease, illness or fatigue. People are dying quickly, and the continental army needs your help.Reenlisting for the continental army is your death sentence thousands were sick, and I would not consider doing such things.Since we slept in huts that were…

The most important including, Philip Schuyler, John Laurens, Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette (Lafayette), and his enemy and friend, Aaron Burr. Each of these men had an impact on his life in some way. All of these men fought together at Valley Forge. Philip and Hamilton had a great relationship which led to Philip agreeing to a courtship of Hamilton and his daughter,…

were without shoes, and clean water was a luxury. They had run out of meat and were surviving on flour cake, simply a mixture of the flour and water. Illness spread like wild fire and thousands were sick within weeks. The smallpox epidemic hit Valley Forge killing 1 in 4 of its victims. By the end of the winter in 1778 George Washington recruited Baron von Steuben, an ex-Prussian Army officer. Steuben regained discipline, order, and health back into the troubled army, and he introduces bayonet…

Theatre: a live dramatic performance meant to evoke a certain emotion. When you think theatre you probably think Broadway or the better versed of you might think of Hamilton, which, for those of you who don’t know, is a very popular rap musical currently on Broadway about America’s founding fathers, specifically Alexander Hamilton. Theatre was not always this way though. Theatre began thousands of years ago with cavemen reenacting their kills for their community members. But how exactly did this…

On the day February 4 2002 a boy was born. Not only was that boy's name James but that child is me. James Osgood born February 4 2002. I am in my last year of middle school as I am currently writing this, and I will show you the way I feel towards things and how I am treated during school. I am/think I am actually really smart, but I hate school because of the dark corrupted feel of it. I find myself to be the most mentally innocent person in my grade but as I am surrounded by corruption my…