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NATIONAL MEMORIAL ARCH


	NATIONAL MEMORIAL ARCH ---- Nature's Confetti! --- At Valley Forge National Historic Park, King of Prussia, Pennsylvania ------------ Though we have lived less than an hour from Valley Forge for 22 years, and have passed by its entrance SO MANY times, yesterday was the first time that I entered through the park's gates and walked the six-mile trail around the encampment. ----- As I stood gazing at the arch, a breeze that I could not feel agitated the stately oak to the left, and its leaves began to fill the air. ----- The inscription on this side of the arch reads: TO THE OFFICERS AND PRIVATE SOLDIERS OF THE CONTINENTAL ARMY DECEMBER 19, 1777 JUNE 19, 1778 ------------ Michelle Alton

Michelle Alton

The Arch is a simplified version of the Triumphal Arch of Titus in Rome (A.D. 81) which marked the capture of Jerusalem by Emperor Titus in A.D. 70.
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This memorial arch with its single opening is classically proper as a national tribute to General Washington and the army he led.
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The inscription on the other side of the Arch reads: NAKED AND STARVING AS THEY ARE - WE CANNOT ENOUGH ADMIRE THE INCOMPARABLE PATIENCE AND FIDELITY OF THE SOLDIERY - Washington at Valley Forge February 16, 1776

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November 15, 2010

Barbara Waldoch

Love your pov and the leaves, Michelle!