862847

Valley Forge Coin Cards #862847

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Valley Forge Coin Cards #862847
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I am featuring a Total of 8, Valley Forge coin cards. Theses cards were issued to Baptist Churches in 1961, to collect money to build a new office building at Valley Forge. The inside of the cards has slots to put dimes in and each card would hold 20 dimes. The outside of the card states: In the Spring of 1778, the Continental Army, under the command of General George Washington, marched from Valley Forge. They were pursuing the British Army which had left Philadelphia and was heading for New York, Washington's men left behind them one of the most tragic winters in the history of our country. Their only shelter had been crude huts, built of logs and mud. They had few and ragged clothes to keep out the cold. They had no blankets to keep them warm throughout the long winter nights. Some had no shoes and their feet were wrapped in rags as they tramped through the snow in their fight for freedom. Many of Washington's men were Baptists who believed in a free country where people could worship God as they chose. They wanted to be guided by their own conscience instead of being told how they should worship and what they should believe. In the spring of 1962 American Baptists will be returning to Valley Forge. In America the struggle for freedom has been won, but in other nations around the world it is still going on-against ignorance and superstition, against poverty and disease and against religions that keep their people from knowing Jesus. American Baptists are building a large new ...
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#: 267</td>
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<tr><td>Condition:Excellent</td></tr>
<tr><td>Year:1961</td></tr>






<tr><td>Title:Valley Forge Coin Cards</td></tr>



<tr><td>Location:Letart, West Virginia</td></tr>
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