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A Christmas to remember. (History-Struggle for Freedom).

The New American

| December 16, 2002 | Behreandt, Dennis | COPYRIGHT 2002 American Opinion Publishing, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

A great gift to his countrymen, Washington's Christmas crossing of the delaware and victory over the enemy at trenton gave new life to America's struggle for freedom.

Christmas morning dawned gloomy and cold over the rebel camp. The low, overcast sky promised drizzle, or worse, by afternoon. The temperature, hovering just above freezing the past few days, was now dropping rapidly. The weather conditions did not improve the mood of the soldiers who, having skewered chunks of meat with the ramrods from their flint-lock firearms, were squatting around low campfires preparing the morning's repast.

The general of this rag-tag army was cold too, but for the ...

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