A Christmas to Remember – Valley Forge
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A Colonial Christmas
It was over 220 years ago when the rag tag troops of George Washington’s Continental Army settled into Valley Forge, Pennsylvania just six days before Christmas. It would be a long and deadly stay for these men and boys who were our earliest American Patriots. Frigid conditions and poor supplies contributed to 2500 deaths of the 12,000 who hunkered down that fateful winter. It is well to make mention of the fact of the Regimental Camp Followers who also were rotating in attendance at Valley Forge. Those contributions quite probably prevented more deaths. Americans helping other Americans was born during the earliest colonial days of our country.
These Patriots at Valley Forge did not go home for Christmas and neglect the rest of the citizens of this fledgling nation, nor did their followers. They were on a mission to pursue the freedoms, rights and liberties demanded from the separation of King George III and England. The Continental Army was willing to back up our Declaration of Independence.
Though the battlefield has changed internally upon the United States of America due to the current POTUS, a bribery induced Congress, and a weak Supreme Court, our Military is still the epitome of our National Patriotism and the Tea Party Conservatives are it’s Regimental Camp Followers.
God Bless America at this Christmas Season.
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Big difference in those liberty loving Americans back then and those American hating dogs we have in our government nowadays. Gen/Pres/Patriot George Washington would be heart broken to see what has become of the freedoms and liberty he and those of his era fought for. These arrogant sellouts in the Congress and Senate must be fired or we seriously face losing our republic. Please check out http://www.goooh.com it is a website set up to help replace all those in Congress. God Bless America and Merry Christmas.