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this is a volume that was owned by martha washington. it is a you can see her signature m. washington. and it s an early edition printed in england. it was known as a help and guide to christian families published in london in 1752. so quite likely a book she may well, you can imagine, have taken along with her to camp to spend the winter at valley forge. the top of the page is missing, almost certainly it was clipped by an autograph collector in the 19th century, presumably her name would have been written out there as well and it was probably clipped by a collector. and if any viewers have that in your collection, we would love to reunite the book and the autograph. but there is her signature, martha washington. so it s entirely possible to imagine that that s a book that spent the winter at valley forge along with the general and his suffering soldiers. a few other objects, again, an object that quite likely was also used in valley forge, the soldier s canteen. i ....
things like canteens that they could try to get a better handle on keeping on that material. one of the great treasures in our collection is a simple modest little flag, blue background, that bears 13 stars and it was general washington s personal standard. so it really signified his presence. when you saw that flag, you knew general washington was in command. and it s incredible that it has survived. so few flags from the revolution have. it kaem came to us from a desce of general washington s sister betty. her son was an officer in what s called the lifeguard. these were the men and officers personally assigned to general washington and had the responsibility of ensuring his safety. so it s a wonderful object directly from the washington family that, again, reflects his command, his leadership of the continental army during revolution. the museum will be located in the very heart of philadelphia s historic area. the national park service agreed with the importance o ....
that housed him in every campaign of the revolution. it was acquired by the minister from the valley forge era and that launched a century of collecting and launched the idea of a museum to tell the entire story of the revolution. the collections of the museum are incomparable. they have no peer. we have objects related to washington which truly are unique. one of a kind. and they bring to life his leadership, his incredible role in keeping the continental army together and never waivvering fm his goal of success. at the same time, we have objects that represent the common foot soldier, the cavalry man we have objects that reflect the role of not just american soldiers but british and french and native americans. so our collection will enable to us to present the entire story of the american revolution all to come to philadelphia. scott stevenson is the director of collections and interpretation for the museum and he s the ideal person to oversee the creation of these e ....