CNN CNN Newsroom with Poppy Harlow and Jim Sciutto November 11, 2019 15:40:00
Story of daring and defiance. on july 2nd, 1776, the british ar armada sailed into new york harbor carrying more than 30,000 men. the british came here to snuff out what they thought was just a minor american revolution. didn't turn out to be that way. but the red coats did know -- what they did know is that they were going to have a problem, but they didn't know that new york would meet them with the fearsome power of american patriots. in world war i, new york regiments like harlem hell fighters, the lost battalion, and the fighting 69th were revered all over the globe. during world war ii, ...