Philadelphia, Day 2

OK, so the first pictures aren't exactly from Philadelphia--they're from Valley Forge, about 20 miles away (click on the pictures to enlarge them):

Soldiers' cabins. Each held 12 soldiers, and each brigade's cabins were together.

Definitely spartan, but maybe not so much by the standards of the day.


The artillery park.


General Washington's headquarters.

From there we went to the monstrous mall in King of Prussia, correctly thinking we'd find plenty of lunch opportunities there. And then we were back in the historic part of Philadelphia for a couple of iconic American shots:

Click and zoom to see whose grave this is :-)

These two are probably the best-looking guys in all of Philadelphia!

Tomorrow we're off to West Point.