Note from the Editor
by Sharon Ann Holt
Note from the President
by David Moltke-Hansen
Why George Washington Let the Army Starve: Necessity meets Democracy at Valley Forge
by Sharon Ann Holt
Advising the Army: The Continental Congress leads the Nation from York Town
by James McClure
Forging the Armor of Virtue
by Holly A. Mayer
E Pluribus Unum: Pluralism in the Continental Army
by Anne H. Arsenault
LEGACIES for Kids: James Forten
LEGACIES for Kids: Book Reviews
by S. Chris Saad
Building a New Land: African Americans in Colonial America, by James Haskins and Kathleen Benson; illustrated by James Ransome
George Washington and the Founding of a Nation, by Albert Marrin
George Washington's Socks, by Elvira Woodruff
The Joke's on George, by Michael O. Tunnell; illustrated by Kathy Osborn
Pearl, by Debby Atwell
A Picture Book of George Washington, by David A. Adler; illustrated by John and Alexandra Wallner
Food for Thought: Family and Community History
by Susan Koelble
Food for Thought: The Role of History in African American Studies
by Earl K. Johnson Jr.