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National Memorial Arch
Outerline Drive and North Gulph RoadValley Forge National Historical Park Pennsylvania
Photo: James G. Howes
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The Arch was erected in 1910 by an act of the 61st Congress. Designed by University of Pennsylvania professor Paul Philippe Cret, the Arch is built in a style similar to the Arch of Titus in Rome.
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- A quote by George Washington is inscribed above the arch: "Naked and starving as they are, We cannot enough admire The incomparable Patience and Fidelity of the Soldiery."
- The National Memorial Arch is dedicated "to the officers and private soldiers of the Continental Army December 19, 1777 June 19, 1778".
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