Name: Valley Forge Orientation Film Screening
Location: National Park Event Location

<p>The 19-minute park orientation film <em>Determined to Persevere: The Valley Forge Encampment</em> is shown daily on the hour and the half-hour in the Theater at Valley Forge. The first screening is at 9:30 AM and the final screening is at 4:30 PM.</p>
<p>The movie, narrated by Laura Linney, tells the story of the winter 1777-1778 encampment of the Continental Army at Valley Forge, and was filmed on location in 2018 and 2019.</p>
<p>If you are unable to attend a screening of the orientation film during a visit to the park, you can always watch it online!</p>
<h4><a id="CP___PAGEID=3564668,videos.htm,29972|" href="https://www.nps.gov/vafo/learn/photosmultimedia/videos.htm">Watch the park orientation film online</a></h4>

A dark spacious theater interior with bench-style seating and a brightly lit movie screen.

graphic with text that reads determined to persevere, the valley forge encampment

Valley Forge Orientation Film Screening

Valley Forge is the place where George Washington and the Continental Army took refuge during the winter of 1777-1778. Today the park protects 3,500 acres of meadows, woodlands, historic landscapes, and monuments commemorating the resolve of the Revolutionary War generation and honoring the power of people to pull together, overcome adversity, and find renewal through transformation.

Field of yellow flowers in the foreground with two log huts and a paved trail in the middle distance

Fall Wildflowers near Washington's Headquarters

outdoors, log huts, gravel path, sunset, clouds

Muhlenberg's Brigade at Sunset

a building that extends into a hillside with a flagpole and landscaping out front

Visitor Center at Valley Forge

outdoors, monument, statue, man on horse, grass, trees, clouds.

Wayne Statue

National Memorial Arch

outdoors, grass, trees, stone house, blue sky

Washington's Headquarters

Life Before and After the Encampment

Nature's Refuge: Valley Forge National Historical Park

Popular Myths of Valley Forge

The Continental Army Arrives

Unsung Heroes of Valley Forge

Best of Valley Forge

Valley Forge

The park grounds including roads, parking lots, trails, and monuments are open from 7am to dark (30 minutes after sunset) year round. 

Park grounds remain open on Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years Day.

Park Grounds

Open daily, 9 AM to 5 PM. Closed Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day, and New Year's Day.

Closed on Thanksgiving Day

Closed on Christmas Day

Closed on New Year's Day

Washington's Headquarters has summer hours and winter hours. Summer hours (when the house is open daily from 10 AM to 5 PM) go into effect on the second Sunday in March when Daylight Savings Time begins. Winter hours through December (when the house is open daily, 10 AM to 4 PM) go into effect on the first Sunday in November when Daylight Savings Time ends. Winter hours in the new year (when the house is open weekends only, 10 AM to 4 PM) go into effect on Jan 1.

Valley Forge Orientation Film Screening

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