On April 26, 1777, an icy, wind-driven rain ripped across New York State’s farmlands shaking the boards of the Ludington family mill as a messenger arrived with news—nearby Danbury, Connecticut, was under British attack and burning. Within minutes, sixteen-year-old Sybil Ludington, daughter of an American colonel, mounted her horse, ready for a forty-mile ride through treacherous terrain to alert her father’s troops. [More]
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Also, to bring up this important point. More soldiers died from dysentery and other illnesses than from actual battle wounds.
The Patriots had limited quantities of warm clothes and shoes, and during the terrible winter at Valley Forge, extraordinary bravery is displayed by those who weathered out the storms.
The time period of the War, from 1775-1783 was indeed very tough times, even tougher for the Patriot troops who fought on the front line.
It is absolutely inexcusable today for people to denounce the Constitution or rule, legislate, or broadcast news against the Constitution. One can just take a couple of minutes, and just imagine the hardships the Patriots of the 1770s had to face, the cold winters, the food shortages, ammunition shortages, frostbite, dysentary, diarrhea, and other things. All these sacrifices were made so the torch of liberty and freedom can continue to stay alight. Whether it continues to stay alight or not will depend on us.
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