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Webisode 2. Segment 2 Valley Forge, 1778 The war lasted nearly nine years. The Americans wouldn't quit, but it didn't seem as if they had a chance. Great Britain had the most feared army in the world. In 1777 the British captured America's capital city, Philadelphia, and the congress had to flee. Eighteen miles from the city, Washington marched his army to a place called Valley Forge Picture 2,000 dirt-floored, drafty wooden huts lined up in streets like a village, and you have an idea of Valley Forge. If you look at the ground, you may see blood. Some of the soldiers have no shoes No battles are fought at Valley Forge. But something astounding happens there. The men who make it through that winter become a team: strong, confident, and proud of themselves, their country, and their leader, General Washington, who has shared his men's hardships. |
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