Inscription on National Memorial Arch, Valley Forge, Pennsylvania

Subject: Monuments & Memorials
Card type: Printed photo

Back of Inscription on National Memorial Arch, Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, printed photo postcard — Back

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A black-and-white view of the inscription panel on the National Memorial Arch at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, with a circular seal above and the text of Henry Armitt Brown's 1878 oration below.

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PublisherMrs. B. V. Brown

MONTGOMERY COUNTY MDCCLXXVI AND HERE IN THIS PLACE OF SACRIFICE IN THIS VALE OF HUMILIATION IN THIS VALLEY OF THE SHADOW OF THAT DEATH OUT OF WHICH THE LIFE OF AMERICA ROSE REGENERATE AND FREE LET US BELIEVE WITH AN ABIDING FAITH THAT TO THEM UNION WILL SEEM AS DEAR AND LIBERTY AS SWEET AND PROGRESS AS GLORIOUS AS THEY WERE TO OUR FATHERS AND ARE TO YOU AND ME AND THAT THE INSTITUTIONS WHICH HAVE MADE US HAPPY PRESERVED BY THE VIRTUE OF OUR CHILDREN SHALL BLESS THE REMOTEST GENERATION OF THE TIME TO COME HENRY ARMITT BROWN Inscription on National Memorial Arch Valley Forge, Pa. By Henry Armitt Brown, June 19th, 1878 --- POST CARD PUBLISHED BY MRS. B. V. BROWN, VALLEY FORGE, PA. THE FINEST AMERICAN MADE VIEW POST CARDS - THE ALBERTYPE CO., BROOKLYN, N. Y.

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Condition	Very good
Place depicted	National Memorial Arch, Valley Forge, PA
Place mentioned	Valley Forge, PA
Publisher	Valley Forge, PA
Notes	Black-and-white printed card with decorative border. No postmark, stamp, or handwritten address/message; only a pencil dealer mark "#59" at lower right. Undivided-back Albertype collotype view card, matte texture, circa 1900s-1910s. Light wear and slight toning of the card stock.

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Inscription on National Memorial Arch, Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, postcard, n.d.. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/inscription-on-national-memorial-arch-valley-forge-pennsylva. Accessed October 5, 2026.