Local historians Victor Verbeke of Lower Salford, left, and Brian Hagey of Towamencin speak to the township supervisors while showing a map where George Washington and the Continental Army reportedly encamped in the township in Oct. 1777, during the township supervisors meeting on April 23, 2025

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