[wind blowing] the temperature a bare 10 degrees above zero. The wind, a cutting 20 miles per hour. The date, almost any bleak day in january, 1778. The place, valley forge, pennsylvania. The event, famine, disease. Exhaustion, and disease. 11,000 soldiers of the American Revolutionary army starving and freezing in Winter Quarters. Shivering sentinels keeping an weary eye on the wellfed british forces, safe and warm and captured philadelphia. 20 miles to the southeast, on this bone chilling morning, 2000 of the ragtag colonials are without shoes, feet wrapped in rags. Onethird to onehalf of them are unfit for duty. Before this terrible winter is over, 3000 of them are to die. On the windswept hills and ridges, rolled log huts with clay, with floors of dirt provide the only shelter. In all the bleak, lonely whiteness, the only cover is the crimson of blood that stains the drifting snow. A revolutionary poet says this for them, bitter words and bitter memories of the war against king geo
Exhaustion. 11,000 soldiers of the American Revolutionary army starving and freezing in Winter Quarters. Shivering sentinels keeping an wary eye on that well fit british forces, safe and warm and captured philadelphia. 20 miles to the southeast. Morning,one chilling 2000 of the ragtag colonials are without shoes, feet wrapped in rags. One third to one half of them are unfit for duty. Before this terrible winter is over, 3000 of them are to die. On the windswept hills and ridges, huts of clay with floors of dirt provide the only shelter. In all the leak lonely , whiteness, the only cover is blood that stains the drifting snow. A revolutionary poet says this for them bitter words and , bitter memories of the war of king george as they left their bloody footprints on the snows of valley forge. Yes, the revolutionary war could have ended here. Yet somehow, this winter of despair becomes the turning point of the revolution. Corps] from it, comes defeat for the , the birth of the United Stat
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Cspan2, find a full schedule on your Program Guide watch online anytime that booktv. Org. Welcome, everyone. Deeper lecture series featuring trail manager professional historic trail marks party. The topic women of 1812 because we are kicking off womens History Month, the month of march. A great way to kick it offef tonight. And we are excited for this series, ranger for the first in a National Historic. A great Political Economic and emotional. These women are faces and ages and their bravery in this nation and the american revolution. A few words about kate, visual information specialist and prior to working to Museum Director and conservation assessment and also for nader for the war of 1812 bicentennial 21222015. It went over a number of years and i think it is the National Museum setting the stage for history. Without furtherd ado i can put you in good hands so please take away. The first person to hire me, thank you. Theres a good chance. Im going to share my history. I am kate,
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