Moland House, Washington's Headquarters 1777

General George Washington used the Moland House as his headquarters from August tenth to August twenty-third, seventeen seventy-seven, while eleven thousand Continental troops were encamped along the Neshaminy Creek in Bucks County. The two weeks spent here were a pivotal moment in the Revolution's cast of characters.

On August twenty-first, the Marquis de Lafayette participated in his first Council of War at Moland House, functioning as a Major General in the Continental Army for the first time. During the same encampment, a Polish nobleman named Count Casimir Pulaski arrived and met Washington here for the first time. Washington recognized his cavalry experience immediately. Pulaski was soon appointed Brigadier General of mounted troops and went on to become known as the Father of the American Cavalry, a title he earned in large part because of the introduction made on this Hartsville farm.