Valley Forge, 1777-1778

George Washington at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania in prayer beside his horse Nelson at the Continental Army's encampment, during the terrible winter of 1777-1778.

The Prayer at Valley Forge by Arnold Friberg is one of the best known paintings of the American Revolution. It depicts the legendary story told by a local Quaker named Isaac Potts, who said he spied George Washington praying fervently in the woods alone during one of the bleakest times of the war for the Americans before the dramatic turnaround that came in the spring.

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