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Kat IstheSea3 @katisthesea3
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๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Juan O Savin

The ones who were left in Winter 1776 were kids.
15, 16, 17 years old.
A lot don't have shoes.
People are discouraged.
Troops sneaking away & going home.
The Brits are laughing in their warm huts.
In this moment, Washington has a bold plan.
With 4 days till Christmas
he tells his Generals his plan:
To cross the Delaware under cover of darkness
with all 2,000 Troops in one night
in a handful of boats โ€” 'Durham' Boats.
Itโ€™s sleeting. Below freezing every night.
Everything is icing over.
The Delaware has chunks of ice floating down it.
The enemy has spies.
Very risky. Very perilous.
At a certain point though
Washington wanted his Troops all on one side โ€”
Do you know what the password is?
Are you one of us?
The password was 'Victory or Death'
VICTORY OR DEATH!
WEโ€™RE ALL IN.
Either we win this battle today or we die trying
but weโ€™re not backin' down.
Virtually no one got

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