The National Memorial Arch stands at the top of a hill at Gulph Road and Outer Line Drive in Valley Forge National Historical Park, Pennsylvania. Paul Philippe Cret, a French-born professor at the University of Pennsylvania, designed it. Construction began in 1914, and it was dedicated on June 19, 1917.
The arch is 60 feet high. The article calls it a classical triumphal arch, a simplified version of the Arch of Titus in Rome. Congress approved $100,000 in October 1910. A restoration in 1996 and 1997 cost $1.5 million and added nine tons of stabilizing steel.
It honors the Continental Army's stay from December 19, 1777, to June 19, 1778. The front carries a line from George Washington, beginning Naked and starving as they are. The back lists the last names of Revolutionary War generals.
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