The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-01-19
UALLEYFORGE The Nationn/ Park Where
Conkf1egtab Suffered
PHILADELPHIA NORTH AMERICAN

/ tiers house was abolished as soon as
the state came into possession.
MAD Anthony
An equestrian statue OF Anthony
Wayne, for which the state apprOpri-
ated $4,000, has been modelled by H.
X. Bush-Brown, whose statues of
Meade and Reynolds at Gettysburg had
proved satisfactory. The Wayne statue
shows the able soldier OF so many
battlefields in pose OF extreme natu-
ralness. The horse is standing.
One hand of the rider rests on the
horses rump, and the riders body is
turned across the lines Of direction of
the animal, a position which, by its
novelty In sculpture. arouses interest,
and by. its naturs!ness appeals to the
hoyseman. Made Within sight OF the
scene OF Wayne's victory at Stony
Point. it will be unveiled with due
ceremony next June on the 130th an
niversary OF the evacuation OF Valley
Forge. and wills stand within sight OF
the scene OF Wayne's fight at Paoli
and of his home there. in which the
room is still kept by his descendants
lust as he left 1t to fight. in 1894, his
last battle, the most decisive and i'm
portant victory won in all our Indian
wars. the battle which opened the
west to Immigrants and gave hirrh to
a new era I'm American civilization.
A half century after the continental
army had marched swsv from VALLEY
FORGE. when Jared Sharks was prenar-
Jno hfs 'T1fn OF WASHINGTON" he was
unable To- and man showing the 10
cation of the troops dnriDg the winter
camD. With the assistance OF an old
resident of the vicinity. named Davis,
u ~ nIn V0rNxxy ~
the possession Of Cornell University.
In the came library is also contem-
porary French map.
Contemporary Maps.
A few years ago Governor Penny
packer came into possession OF anoth-
er contemporary map. made by a
French engineer, which gave the loca-
ton of the troops and certain posi-
sions not indicated upon other maps
Al the sale of this part Of the Penny-
packer library this map passed into
the ownership o. the Pennsylvania
Historical society.
In the main, tradition and contem-
porary evidence coincided, and thus 1t
has been possible for the Valley
Forge park commission to move with
certainty and exactness. Nature also
did much to assist the work OF the his
toF'an..
The inner line of earthworks. which
are well preserved for distance of
about two miles, were constructed
about Mt Joy upon ground so high
and rugged as to have little value for
purposes, and these embank-
ments and trenches. with the outlying
redoubts. have long been covered with
a thicket-liEe growth, which has pro-
tected the works from the destructive
OF rain and frost,
These inner works, as well as the
longer exterior line of intrenchments
d mile to the eastward. faced to the
south and east and commanded the
roads leading to Philadelphia. twenty
miles awsv. where the British army
lay Beyond the outer line We're often
the 7hAadnuarters of many of the high
er officers. and beyond these the out
posts. Washington's HEADQUARTERS
were half a mile in rear of the inner |
line.
A Beautiful Scene. |
Not long ago the writer met a white |
haired man of 20 years as he was |
coming slowly down the steps of the I