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Wed, 25 Sep 2024 14:03:03 -0500

As in our last trip, Fifth Avenue was devoted to a nationality day parade. This time, it was the turn of the German-Americans on Steuben Day. You may recall that Baron von Steuben was a Prussian military officer looking for a war to fight when the ambassador to France, Benjamin Franklin, recommended him to George Washington. And he worked for free! Von Steuben was appalled at the state of the American force and whipped it into good military order. Philadelphia area natives recognize the model of Washington's headquarters at Valley Forge. The street banner announces our objective, the Neue Galerie.