In London on this day in 1775, Benjamin Franklin publishes “An Imaginary Speech” in defense of American courage.
Franklin’s “speech” was intended to counter an unnamed officer’s comments to Parliament that the British need not fear the colonial rebels, because “Americans are unequal to the People of this Country [Britain] in Devotion to Women, and in Courage, and…worse than all, they are religious.”
Wednesday, February 07, 2007
This Day in History: February 7
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"...worse than all, they are religious."
Seems to me that's what won our War for Independence, We were so committed to God, and the desire to worship Him in freedom, that we wouldn't quit. The militia and their privately owned weapons counted for a major part of the victory, as did our alliance with France, but mostly, we just wouldn't give up, largely because we believed God wanted us to be a free nation.
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