Located near the center of the Outer Line Defenses, the National Memorial Arch was built in 1910, to honor the sacrifice and hardships endured by the Continental Army at Valley Forge. The arch stands on Gulph Road near the point where Washington's men first arrived on December 19, 1777. Engraved at the top of the arch is Washington's famed quote regarding the men at Valley Forge:
Naked and Starving as They are We Cannot Enough Admire the Incomparable Patience and Fidelity of the Soldiery – George Washington