GREAT REVOLUTIONARY WAR IRON WOOD SPIKE - FOUND VALLEY FORGE IN HUT SITE -1902

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GREAT REVOLUTIONARY WAR  51/4" IRON HUT WOOD SPIKE -  FOUND VALLEY FORGE IN HUT SITE -1902(EXCAVATED BY RELIC HUTERS)  - THIS ITEM IS FROM ONE OF THE WINTER QUARTERS HUTS WHERE THE HARD CORE OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION ENDURED THE WINTER AND HUNGER OF 1777-78 - THEY CAMPED AT VALLEY FORGE FOR SIX MONTHS - GENERAL WASHINGTON AT LEAD HIS 12000 SOLDIERS TO THE SITE NEAR PHILADELPHIA AFTER THE BRITISH HAD CAPTURED THE CITY - THE AMERICANS WERE CLOSE , BUT NOT CLOSE ENOUGH FOR THE BRITISH TO SURPRISE THEM - ABOUT 2000 DIED IN THE COLD  - HELD TOGETHER BY THEIR CAUSE AND THE WILL OF THEIR LEADER - WASHINGTON - THE TROOPS TRAINED UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF NEWER ARRIVED BARTON STEUBEN AND DRILLED IN THE SNOW - THE SURVIVORS WOULD COME OUT OF VALLEY FORGE MORE DETERMINED AND BETTER TRAINED - THE BEGINNING OF A STRONGER FIGHTING AMERICAN ARMY ABLE TO TAKE ON THE BEST ARMY IN THE WORLD AND PRIDE OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE - THE BATTLE OF MONMONTH IN JUNE OF 1778 - THE BRITISH REARGUARD WAS ATTACKED ON THEIR WITHDRAW FROM PHILADELPHIA - THE CLOSE BATTLE WAS A TOE TO TOE FIGHT - A DRAW - THE AMERICAN HELD THEIR OWN AND THE BRITISH CONTINUE THEIR WITHDREW TOWARD NEW YORK - A TURNING POINT IN THE WAR THAT WOULD CONTINUE TO YORKTOWN AND THE FINAL AMERICAN VICTORY - GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO ACQUIRE RELIC FROM ONE OF THE ICONIC SPOTS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION - RARE COLLECTIBLES