Cherish beautiful moments in life............: Valley Forge National Historic Park

Yesterday was fourth of July. It was on this day in 1776 that America declared independence from Great Britain. What could be a better way to celebrate America's independence than to visit a historical site like the Valley Forge National Historic Park. Valley Forge is well-known as the place where George Washington, the founding father of United States, and his army struggled through the bitterly cold winter in 1777-1778 during the America Revolution. Many of the American soldiers , who were poorly paid and ill-supplied, wanted to leave during those difficult times. It was George Washingtion, the commander in chief, who encouraged them to stay, and as a result, led to America's independence. Without him, this country might not even exit today.
Valley Forge is about an hour's drive away from our place. Much as we wanted to set off early in the morning, it was 9.30 am by the time we left the house. It is certainly not easy to go to places now with a baby.
We decided to have a picnic at the park, so we packed some sandwiches for ourselves and baby Sheri's lunch as well. Baby Sheri slept all the way in the car and she was still soundly asleep when we reached the park.

Since it was close to lunch time when we arrived at the park, we decided to feed the little one first.

Baby Sheri had such a good appetite that she finished all the cereals and the whole jar of sweet potato. Yummy! Yummy!

After eating lunch, daddy took a look at the map of Valley Forge to decide on our next destination since it was quite a huge park. It seemed that baby Sheri also wanted to have a hand in it too.

We went to visit the cabins that soldiers stayed. It was documented that 12 soldiers stayed in each cabin.

These were the things that were carried by the soldier.

Our next destination was the National Memorial Arch. It is the most striking monument in the park. The Arch was built in a style "similar to the Arch of Titus, in Rome," and it "faces Gulph Road, over which the weary and ragged regiments marched to their camps."