1979 Event -52 degrees F (-47 degrees C), Old Forge, New York (state record) 1941 Birthday Paul Peter Plishka, Old Forge Penn, bass, Bronx Botanical Gardens 1836 Birthday Edmond Picard, French/Belgian lawyer/writer, La forge Roussel 1778 Event Washington's troops finally leave Valley Forge 1778 Event Baron von Steuben joins Continental Army at Valley Forge 1777 Event Washington settles his troops at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania for winter 1777 Event ,George Washingtons army returns to Valley Forge Pennsylvania
