Valley Forge National Historical Park

The 19-minute park orientation film Determined to Persevere: The Valley Forge Encampment is shown daily on the hour and the half-hour in the Theater at Valley Forge. The first screening is at 9:30 AM and the final screening is at 4:30 PM.

The movie, narrated by Laura Linney, tells the story of the winter 1777-1778 encampment of the Continental Army at Valley Forge, and was filmed on location in 2018 and 2019.

If you are unable to attend a screening of the orientation film during a visit to the park, you can always watch it online!

The Isaac Potts house, which served as General George Washington's headquarters during the Valley Forge encampment of the Continental Army during the winter of 1777-78, is open daily March through December. Open weekends only in January and February.

Rangers are on-site to speak about the people who lived and worked in this historic building and answer questions.

You can also tour the house virtually here.

The nearby Historic Valley Forge Station is also open daily and is home to a museum exhibit about Washington and his military family. Washington's military family included the enslaved and free servants and soldiers that lived and worked in the house.

On Saturday and Sunday, December 13 and 14, representatives from America's Tapestry will be at the visitor center in Valley Forge National Historical Park with the Pennsylvania Panel. Together with the park's Tailoring Brigade volunteer group, you will have the opportunity to add stitches to the Pennsylvania Panel!

As part of the America's Tapestry project, thirteen embroidered panels have been designed to represent each of the original states. Panel directors within each state will direct embroiderers in the stitching of that state's design over the course of 18 months. The completed tapestry will be exhibited in prominent gallery spaces in 2026 and 2027.

Come to Valley Forge National Historical Park to commemorate the 248th anniversary of the Continental Army's arrival to Valley Forge on December 19, 1777 and the beginning of the transformative six-month encampment.

Hands-on activities, lectures, presentations, and living history demonstrations will take place inside the Visitor Center at Valley Forge, the park theater, and at Muhlenberg's Brigade during the day from 11am to 3pm on Saturday, December 13, 2025.

Get additional details and plan your visit on the March In to Valley Forge 2025 webage. 

Take a 90-minute guided tour of Valley Forge National Historical Park following the Encampment Tour route. Trolley tours depart from the front of the visitor center and make extended stops at Muhlenberg's Brigade and Washington's Headquarters. Trolley Tours are ADA accessible and administered by The Encampment Store.

Call The Encampment Store at 610-624-5010 for additional tour information and to reserve tickets.

The 19-minute park orientation film Determined to Persevere: The Valley Forge Encampment is shown daily on the hour and the half-hour in the Theater at Valley Forge. The first screening is at 9:30 AM and the final screening is at 4:30 PM.

The movie, narrated by Laura Linney, tells the story of the winter 1777-1778 encampment of the Continental Army at Valley Forge, and was filmed on location in 2018 and 2019.

If you are unable to attend a screening of the orientation film during a visit to the park, you can always watch it online!

The Isaac Potts house, which served as General George Washington's headquarters during the Valley Forge encampment of the Continental Army during the winter of 1777-78, is open daily March through December. Open weekends only in January and February until daylight savings time begins.

Rangers are on-site to speak about the people who lived and worked in this historic building and answer questions.

You can also tour the house virtually here.

The nearby Historic Valley Forge Station is also open daily and is home to a museum exhibit about Washington and his military family. Washington's military family included the enslaved and free servants and soldiers that lived and worked in the house.

Learn about mastodons, saber-toothed cats, giant ground sloths, and lots of other incredible critters that walked the ancient landscape of Valley Forge hundreds of thousands of years before George Washington and the Continental Army ever set foot here.

Find program details and plan your fossil day visit at go.nps.gov/vafo-fossil

The workshop is cancelled due to an impending winter storm. Many out-of-state members of the 40th Regiment of Foot, 2nd Battalion, Light Infantry Company will not be able to travel to Valley Forge to conduct this program on Saturday, January 24, 2026.

Celebrate George Washington's birthday at Valley Forge National Historical Park on Monday, February 16, 2026!

Reenactors, hands-on Junior Ranger activities, and cupcakes will be on the Mini Grand Parade behind the Visitor Center at Valley Forge from 10 AM to 2 PM.