#1. Walk to Muhlenberg Brigade Length: 40 minutes Goal: Have the general public understand why the army stayed at Valley Forge, and what the soldiers did here in order to survive the winter encampment. Theme: That building these structures (Huts, forts, redans, and earthworks) helped keep the army together long enough to deal with their many hardships in order to become stronger and more experienced. Objectives: 1. Understanding the reasons for the placement of the encampment at Valley Forge. 2. What are the important geography features of the Valley Forge? 3. Determine what the soldiers built at Valley Forge (Physical and Not Physical) 4. How did the experience at Valley Forge change the soldiers? Universal Concepts- Education, …show more content…
Point 2: What this area was like before the encampment, why was this area so important during the Revolutionary War: (Location to Philadelphia, supply lines, and topography of the land.) Tangible- Geography Intangible- Nature, Trade, Events, Lifestyle. Emotional Connection- Curiosity Intellectual Connection- Mindful Techniques- Primary Quote about the importance of the resources near Valley Forge, “Vast extend of fertile country would be despoiled and ravaged.” –George Washington. Ask the audience to mark on topography maps of the area, “What are important features for a defense to protect large groups of people? Where would you build an encampment? Why?” Transition- Facilitated Dialogue, with the audience by stating and asking them the following, “Again, this area used to be farmland; the army had to modify if for defense. Do you see any evidence of this modification?” Point 3: What a redoubt looks like, what is its function, and what does it take to build one? Info about Fort Moore. Tangible- The Land Intangible- Lifestyle, Tradition. Emotional Connection- …show more content…
Tangible- The Land Intangible- Knowledge, Tradition, Lifestyle Emotional Connection- Amazement Intellectual Connection- Perceptiveness Techniques- Questing, and asking opinions from the audience. Transition- “As we have looked at some of the major fortifications, do you think they have some semblance of unity and common goal/mission?” Point 5: That building these structures helped keep the army unified together long enough so they deal with their problems and hardships at Valley Forge. Tangible- The Land, the huts, the fortifications, the soldiers. Intangible- Adaptation Emotional Connection- Empathy Intellectual Connection- Awareness Techniques- Facilitated Dialogue with the audience, “I want you to think about how you can remember and commemorate the struggles and sacrifices at Valley Forge?” Transition- By asking and walking over the solider huts where another park ranger will provide a program about the soldier’s life. A "take-home message"- These structures helped bring different types of people together in the army in order to survive and eventually thrive to win our
The Shenandoah Valley is located in the western part of Virginia. The valley lies between the Allegheny Mountains, Shenandoah Mountains and the Blue Ridge Mountains with the Potomac River being the northern boundary to the valley. The Valley offered two tactical advantages to the Confederates with the Union having knowledge of this. The first is a Northern Army invading Virginia would be vulnerable to a Confederate flanking attacks pouring through the many winding gaps across the Blue Ridge Mountains. The other is that the Valley offers a sheltered avenue that would allow any Confederate army to head north into Pennsylvania uncontested. The Shenandoah Valley also contains twelve bridges that are of significance to any maneuvering army of the day and the valley is only 25 miles wide. The valley represented to the Army of the Potomac (Union) a direct approach to the CSA capital of Richmond, Virginia during the Civil War (Keeg...
Rhea, Gordon, and George F. Skoch. The Battle of Cold Harbor: Civil War Series. Fort Washington, Pa.: Eastern National, 2001.
Finding enemies. [XD emoticon] The soldiers were very active on the forum and on CP, but simply finding another army to fight was always hard. That’s why most of our early battling was against Roman or the Viking Clans.
In 1777-1778 under the Articles of Confederation, the Continental Congress did not possess the authority to tax its citizens to support its Army. The lack of adequate food, clothing, and shelter posed many challenges for Washington. At that moment the poor conditions had taken more lives than fighting had, Washington lost over 2500 men from the extreme cold, starvation and disease with several others deserting in search of better conditions.5 Washington wrote a letter to George Clinton of the Continental Congress describing the situation at Valley
...plans and tactics were used was from is utmost dedication and resolve in the face of adversity.
The English, meanwhile, were preparing for the great population leap accross the Appalachians into Ohio and beyond. In 1749 a group of Virginian businessmen secured a grant of 500,000 acres of Ohio valley land for settlement purpose...
They were very persuasive and many men did sign up to go to war. As
It is through such tight bonds that soldiers are offered a way to cope with and handle the experience of war providing them with a sense of commradeship sharing a mutual situation very few will ever know and perhaps somehow aid them in making it out of it all alive or at least with their sanity in tact, despite that all this might just be wishful thinking:
The structure of the United States Army and its training of troops changed significantly from 1945 - 1976. Rapid demobilization of troops after World War II (WWII), the advent of the Atomic bomb, and widespread occupational duties directly impacted the quality and duration of training for new recruits during the years leading up to the Korean War. Lessons learned in Korea spurred further changes in how Soldiers were indoctrinated and were revised again with the onset of the Vietnam conflict. During these years force structure was continuously modified and revised.
Propaganda played a significant factor in keeping armies from withering away. Propaganda posters were inexpensive to produce and they could be placed just about anywhere. They were displayed wherever large groups of people might gather including schools factories post offices and in stores. It motivated the men as they thought it was brave to volunteer to fight. Many people called those who did not want to fight were called cowards. Many posters reply on symbolism to illustrate their point. Uncle Sam was a very popular and frequently used on posters as a symbol for the United States. The poster created a sense of patriotism and confidence. They linked the linked the war trenches with the war at home. It was used to encourage all Americans to help out in the war “I want you”, have men confidence that they were capable and strong to fight in the war and that the army wanted to them to recruit. Second of all, the propaganda posters also built the army by portraying the positive side of the war. The government wanted as may men to join the war, they did this by making the war look like a positive /good idea. Men believed that joining the war would raise their respect and that war wasn’t what they though it was. By seeing that the war wasn’t that bad and by seeing...
offensive ways, and it is believed that this gave the military the sense of patriotism, unity, and
guns of high technical capacity, it is sensible to shelter human beings against massive firepower by putting them in protective trenches."
When I reached the end of the ridge, I could find an indistinct light glimmering in the distance. As the light got closer and closer, I could have a confidence that it is our destination. I could see that some other platoons were also arriving and coming into the barracks.
First of them is the way. In war the way you have to avoid from the
For the Continental Army, the first two years of the revolution have not gone so well. Ever since General Washington took command we had withdraw from Boston and retreated to New York City. We were unable to stop the British in October 1777 when General Howe’s army settled in Philadelphia. With Howe’s army of 18,000 soldiers in Philadelphia, Washington, General Washington decided to build a winter camp at Valley Forge 18 miles from Philadelphia with 16’ by 14’ huts containing 12 men and there are no beds. General Washington is now having trouble keeping the men together with their terms ending and men dying. I am one of the few men who’s lucky to still be alive which is why I’ve