1776: Victory or Death

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1776: Victory or Death

 By Jim O'Neill Full Story

”[Future generations] you will never know how much it has cost my generation to preserve your freedom. I hope you will make good use of it.” —John Quincy Adams (1767-1848) Sixth President of the United States of America

“The [Revolutionary] war was a longer, far more arduous, and more painful struggle than later generations would understand or sufficiently appreciate.”—David McCullough “1776”

“There is but one straight course, and that is to seek truth and pursue it steadily.”—George Washington (1732-1799)  1st President of the United States of America

The frigid scene by the Delaware river was illuminated by flickering camp-fires, a few lanterns, and a scattering of storm-tossed torch-light. 

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