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Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge (now Founding Forward) is an American non-profit, non-partisan, non-sectarian educational organization, founded in 1949. The foundation is located adjacent to theValley Forge National Historical Park, nearValley Forge, Pennsylvania. In early 2024, the organization merged with the Union League Legacy Foundation to create Founding Forward, a newcivic education non-profit.
In 1985, the foundation developed a "Bill of Responsibilities"[1] as part of its worldwide educational efforts. It was meant to be a corollary to theBill of Rights.
As part of its mission to promote responsible citizenship, character and freedom, the foundation maintains a grove dedicated to recipients of theMedal of Honor, the nation's highest award for valor. The Medal of Honor Grove consists of forty-two acres of woodland. Within the grove, each area is dedicated to one of the fiftystates, theDistrict of Columbia, or the Commonwealth ofPuerto Rico.[2] Each acre contains an obelisk that features a dedication plaque, plus the seal of that state, the District of Columbia, or Puerto Rico, plus a list of Medal of Honor recipients from that state, D.C., or Puerto Rico.[2] In most cases, a tree has been planted for each recipient, along with a tree marker that contains the name, rank, unit, and date and place of action for the recipient.[2] "America's Walk of Honor" was dedicated in April 1997, to allow visitors an opportunity to walk the grounds of the Medal of Honor Grove.[2] American artistPeter Max designed the first stone on theWalk of Honor.[2]
At the foundation are ninety volumes of research on Medal of Honor recipients, including photographs, sketches, biographies, and handwritten citations.[3]
The grove is supported by the Friends of the Medal of Honor Grove, a nonprofit organization which seeks to maintain and upgrade the fifty-two acres of the woodland park, in honor of Medal of Honor recipients.[4]
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Since 1949, Freedoms Foundation and theBoy Scouts of America have worked together, including with the creation of the "Price of Freedom" conference, a four-day residential program where participants interact with experts on current issues of citizenship, patriotism, leadership, and heroism.[5]
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)Sister Maria Veronica Keane of theSisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (IHM). As a volunteer archivist at the Freedoms Foundation ..., 'Sister Veronica,' spent 17 years researching the lives of every person who had received the nation's highest military honor. .... She had turned down burial at Arlington National Cemetery ....
A few hours after the graveside ceremony, 140 people attended a $500-a-plate dinner at the Freedoms Foundation to raise money for the Friends of the Medal of Honor Grove for grove maintenance and improvements.
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