The Visitor Center of the Park hosted a Birthday Party in honor of General and President George Washington. He and Martha were portrayed by Living Historians. The first couple of photos show the musical portion of the ceremony.
Here is the cake with Washington's exact birth anniversary age listed (it was described as being from Martha's own recipe) along with some cards children made as presents:
He is looking at a card that was just handed to him:
Posing for photographs:
I went outside and walked up to the area where the Muhlenberg Brigade Huts are located to watch some Musket Drills and Demonstrations. Here is a video of a drill with brief introductory statements (you will note a misfire at 4:11):
The next few photographs show the Reenactors walking back to the audience and continuing the discussion ...
The next group of photographs show the step-by-step process of a drill created by Baron Friedrich Wilhelm Von Steuben (his instructions were in official use by the United States Military until the year 1812). You will see the preparation, the dumping of the gunpowder, the shots, a repeat of the three, the charge with the bayonets and the return.
He had misfired so he is going to try again ...
A few more photographs can be found at this link: http://s169.photobucket.com/albums/u213/portaltothepast/Reenactments/Revolutionary War/Valley Forge 2-21-2011
A large number of people turned out for this event. It was a great success. The Valley Forge National Historical Park has more fine events in future weeks and months. Information can be found at http://www.nps.gov/vafo and http://www.facebook.com/ValleyForgeNHP
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