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Brandywine Valley, PA
The Brandywine Valley is the site of the Revolutionary War Battle of Brandywine, museums and gardens, including the Brandywine River Museum, the Hagley Museum and Library, the Winterthur Museum, the Delaware Art Museum, the Longwood Gardens, and acres of lush, beautiful farmlands.

The Village site is approximately 35 miles from Philadephia, Pennsylvania, where the United States began. The United States Constitution, the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights were all written in the city, and Philadelphia is also the home of the Liberty Bell, one of the country's most important national treasures.

Philadelphia is the home of Independence Hall, where the Declaration of Independence was written and signed. View these, and other significant landmarks by visiting an historical Philadelphia virtual tour.

Philadelphia is a treasure-trove of interesting architecture; read about significant periods from colonial times to the present on the American Institute of Architects, Philadelphia, site.

 		 Photo of Liberty Bell

Historic Valley Forge is approximately twenty miles from the Village. General George Washington and his troops spent the terrible winter of 1777 - 1778 in what is now a National Park Service site. That winter marked a turning point in the Revolutionary War; it was here that Baron Friedrich Wilhelm Augustus von Steuben, a former Prussian military officer, trained and revitalized Washington's forces - a feat which eventually led to independence for the United States.

 

 

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