Sheilah Vance
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Sheilah Vance
@sdvance.bsky.social
Author, Threshold to Valley Forge: The Six Days of the Gulph Mills Encampment; www.thresholdtovalleyforge.com; lawyer, higher ed administrator
Day 7, Dec. 19, 1777 -- Washington's Army marches out of Rebel Hill and Gulph Mills and on to Valley Forge
Day 7, Dec. 19, 1777 — Washington’s Army marches out of Rebel Hill and Gulph Mills and on to Valley Forge
Day 7, 12/19/1777–George Washington and the Continental Army march out of the Gulph Mills Encampment and on to Valley Forge
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December 19, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Day 6, Dec. 18, 1777 -- George Washington's Army celebrates the new nation's first Thanksgiving at Rebel Hill and Gulph Mills and prepares to set up camp at Valley Forge; the French King officially recognizes the new United States
Day 6, Dec. 18, 1777 — George Washington’s Army celebrates the new nation’s first Thanksgiving at Rebel Hill and Gulph Mills and prepares to set up camp at Valley Forge; the French King officially recognizes the new United States
Gulph Mills Encampment, Day 6, Dec. 18, 1777 — George Washington’s Army celebrates the new nation’s first Thanksgiving at Rebel Hill and Gulph Mills and prepares to set up camp at Valley Forge; the French King officially recognizes the new United States
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December 18, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Day 5, Dec. 17, 1777 -- Gen. Washington issues inspirational orders announcing the move to Valley Forge and prepares for nation's first Thanksgiving celebration on Rebel Hill and Gulph Mills
Day 5, Dec. 17, 1777 — Gen. Washington issues inspirational orders announcing the move to Valley Forge and prepares for nation’s first Thanksgiving celebration on Rebel Hill and Gulph Mills
Day 5 of the Gulph Mills Encampment, 12/17/1777: George Washington issues inspirational orders announcing the move to Valley Forge and prepares for the nation’s first Thanksgiving celebration.
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December 17, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Just signed 23 copies of my book at Barnes and Noble, Swedesford Rd., Devon, PA. Go get yours! Www.thresholdtovalleyforge.com #thresholdtovalleyforge #booktok #america250 #gulphmills #americanrevolution
December 16, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Day 2 of the Gulph Mills Encampment, Dec. 14 -- Hardship plagues the Continental Army. Read more at today’s blog post.

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Day 2, Dec. 14 — Hardship plagues the Continental Army at “the Gulph”
Orderly Book, Brigadier Gen. John Glover; 12/14/1777 from “the Gulph”; Library of Congress, Manuscript Room On December 14, 1777, the condition of the 11,000 members of the Continental Army at Gulp…
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December 14, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Day 1, Dec. 13, 1777 — Washington’s Army at Rebel Hill

Rebel Hill and Gulph Mills This blog post is in honor of the Gulph Mills Encampment--the six days in December that General George Washington and the Continental Army spent in my home, Rebel Hill in Gulph Mills, Pa., starting on this day in…
Day 1, Dec. 13, 1777 — Washington’s Army at Rebel Hill
Rebel Hill and Gulph Mills This blog post is in honor of the Gulph Mills Encampment--the six days in December that General George Washington and the Continental Army spent in my home, Rebel Hill in Gulph Mills, Pa., starting on this day in 1777.  I am commemorating that by posting a blog for each of the six days.  I first started writing about the Gulph Mills Encampment in my mini-e book, Six Days in December: General George Washington's and the Continental Army's Encampment on Rebel Hill, December 13 - 19, 1777…
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December 13, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Day 1, Dec. 13, 1777 — Washington’s Army at Rebel Hill

Rebel Hill and Gulph Mills This blog post is in honor of the Gulph Mills Encampment--the six days in December that General George Washington and the Continental Army spent in my home, Rebel Hill in Gulph Mills, Pa., starting on this day in…
Day 1, Dec. 13, 1777 — Washington’s Army at Rebel Hill
Rebel Hill and Gulph Mills This blog post is in honor of the Gulph Mills Encampment--the six days in December that General George Washington and the Continental Army spent in my home, Rebel Hill in Gulph Mills, Pa., starting on this day in 1777.  I am commemorating that by posting a blog for each of the six days.  I first started writing about the Gulph Mills Encampment in my mini-e book, Six Days in December: General George Washington's and the Continental Army's Encampment on Rebel Hill, December 13 - 19, 1777…
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December 13, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Dec. 12, 1777-- A tired Continental Army begins its delayed march in to Gulph Mills
Dec. 12, 1777– A tired Continental Army begins its delayed march in to Gulph Mills
The Gulph Mills Encampment Chronicles: Dec. 12, 1777, the Continental Army begins its delayed march in to Gulph Mills.
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December 12, 2025 at 3:01 PM
The Battle of Matson's Ford -- December 11, 1777
The Battle of Matson’s Ford — December 11, 1777
Battle of Matson’s Ford, December 11, 1777
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December 11, 2025 at 12:33 PM
A pivotal microcosm of the Revolutionary War, The Threshold to Valley Forge: The Six Days of the Gulph Mills Encampment, is about to happen! See this article on my blog, sheilahvance.com/2025/12/10/t...
The Continental Army plans its March into Gulph Mills, 12/10/1777
The Continental Army prepares to leave Whitemarsh to march into Gulph Mills, PA, 12/10/1777
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December 10, 2025 at 12:58 PM
The Continental Army plans its March into Gulph Mills, 12/10/1777
The Continental Army plans its March into Gulph Mills, 12/10/1777
The Continental Army prepares to leave Whitemarsh to march into Gulph Mills, PA, 12/10/1777
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December 10, 2025 at 12:55 PM
13 years ago today—my first presentation on the Six Days in December: Gen. George Washington’s & the Continental Army’s Encampment at Gulph Mills, 12/13-19, 1777. Thank you King of Prussia Historical Society for supporting me all these years! See my full length book www.thresholdtovalleyforge.com
December 9, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Listen to my podcast set the stage for the Gulph Mills Encampment
Listen to my podcast set the stage for the Gulph Mills Encampment
Podcast on the lead up to the Threshold to Valley Forge: The Six Days of the Gulph Mills Encampment
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December 7, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Join me at the Rededication Ceremony, 12/16, 10am, where I’ll give a few brief remarks. amrev.org/monument-ret...
Monument Returns Home | Pennsylvania Society of Sons of the Revolution
Imagine, if you will, back to 1892 – Grover Cleveland was elected U.S. President, Ellis Island first opened as an immigration station, the Sierra Club was founded by John Muir, and our fledgling Socie...
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December 1, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Join us—Rededication Gulph Mills Encampment Monument 12/16, 10am

Join us at the historic Rededication Ceremony of the historic Gulph Mills Encampment Monument, 12/16, 10am! I will be giving brief remarks. Thanks to the PA Society of Sons of the Revolution for moving the monument back to the base…
Join us—Rededication Gulph Mills Encampment Monument 12/16, 10am
Join us at the historic Rededication Ceremony of the historic Gulph Mills Encampment Monument, 12/16, 10am! I will be giving brief remarks. Thanks to the PA Society of Sons of the Revolution for moving the monument back to the base of Rebel Hill and for supporting my book, Threshold to Valley Forge: The Six Days of The Gulph Mills Encampment.
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December 1, 2025 at 4:04 PM