WAYNE, Pa. (WBFF) — Questions about Gov. Wes Moore’s military record have followed him through politics, but on Saturday he returned to the place that first put him on that path — and that he tried repeatedly to run away from — Valley Forge Military Academy and College.
Moore delivered the commencement address at the suburban Philadelphia institution as it prepared to graduate its final class from its grades 7-12 academy, which is shutting down after nearly a century. The college will remain open.
The visit came against the backdrop of ongoing scrutiny over Moore’s military record — including questions raised in reporting by Spotlight on Maryland and others, as well as from political campaigns about aspects of his service timeline and applications — even as he used the stage to revisit how that service began.
Moore acknowledged the unlikely arc that brought him back to the campus where, as a teenager, he once followed a fake map given to him by upperclassmen and spent a night lost in the woods during one of several escape attempts.
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