05/26/2025
Let us all pause on this Memorial Day and remember with gratitude to those who gave their lives to obtain and preserve our freedom.
“Few of us have earned the freedoms we enjoy; we received them by bequest, as gifts of grace. Memorial Day invites us to remember who gave us those gifts.” In his reflections on Memorial Day, Founding Forward National Director David Harmer challenges us to be faithful stewards of the freedoms won by those who foreclosed on their futures to secure life, liberty, security, and prosperity. Read the full reflection: https://ow.ly/Zbm550VXYro
02/13/2024
We are proud to announce that Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge and The Union League Legacy Foundation have merged to become Founding Forward, a new, national 501(c)3 nonprofit charity leading the way in immersive civic education. Founding Forward is the union of two like-minded organizations with complementary programs. Our new name, Founding Forward, recognizes our shared reverence for our country’s founding documents and ideals, and our joint commitment to educate future generations of leaders on that foundation, and their responsibility to carry it forward. All information you wish to find will still be available on the Freedoms Foundation and Union Legacy websites respectively.
02/12/2024
On Feb. 6, 1778 the United States and France signed the French Alliance. https://www.ushistory.org/valleyforge/history/alliance_washington.html
12/05/2023
I really enjoyed this latest episode of the George Washington Slept Here podcast.
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11/23/2023
AMERICA 250 - President George Washington issued a proclamation on October 3, 1789, designating Thursday, November 26 as a national day of thanks. In his proclamation, Washington declared that the necessity for such a day sprung from the Almighty’s care of Americans prior to the Revolution, assistance to them in achieving independence, and help in establishing the constitutional government.
10/21/2023
Great to the John Adam’s Academy scholars have such a great time at Valley Forge & Gettysburg with Freedoms Foundation.
08/31/2023
George Washington Slept Here: Former APSA President and Constitutional Scholar Rogers Smith on Apple Podcasts
Show George Washington Slept Here, Ep Former APSA President and Constitutional Scholar Rogers Smith - Aug 22, 2023