Copy of facts published on Facebook and previously in the Upper Merion Township e-Newsletter.
The Valley Forge Golf Club was located at 401 North Gulph Road, King of Prussia, just off the PA Turnpike, across from King of Prussia Mall. It was known as a quintessential, little, “no frills” public course. From 1928 until October 31, 2005, it was a staple for area golfers. After decades of litigation, its fate was sealed. The course
Upper Merion’s claim to the distinction as the “Bicentennial Township” could hardly be disputed as it proudly pointed to its historic villages connected with the American Revolution, the sacred and hallowed ground of Valley Forge, Gulph Mills, Swedesburg, Swedeland, King of Prussia and Port Kennedy. Here is the brochure the township printed when our nation celebrated it’s bicentennial. It listed
On July 15, 2018, one of the ten charter members of the King of Prussia Fire Company, Jack Brennan, passed away. One incident driving the need for a fire station in King of Prussia occurred in April 7, 1950. On that fateful day, a grocery store, operated on DeKalb Pike near Gulph Road, caught fire and was destroyed. Upper Merion
At the end of the nineteenth century, with the Valley Forge Centennial Association, Anna M. Holstein became involved in the purchase of Washington’s Headquarters. The Association sought state funding for another reason: “The money is wanted less for current expenses than to purchase Washington’s old headquarters.” The members of the Association had already decided that the Valley Forge experience deserved