348 Valley Forge
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English - January 03, 2023 06:00 - 1 hour - 60.5 MB - ★★★★★ - 988 ratingsHistory Society & Culture americanrevolution benfranklin benjaminfranklin colonialamerica earlyamericanhistory earlyamericanrepublic earlyrepublic education history ushistory Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
On December 19, 1777, George Washington marched his Continental Army into its winter encampment at Valley Forge. In school we learned this was a hard, cold winter that saw the soldiers so ill-supplied they chewed on the leather of their shoes. But is this what really happened at Valley Forge? Were soldiers idle, wallowing in their misery?
Ricardo Herrera, a historian of American military history and a visiting professor in the Department of National Security and Strategy at the U.S. Army War College, joins us to investigate the winter at Valley Forge with details form his book, Feeding Washington’s Army: Surviving the Valley Forge Winter of 1778.
Show Notes: https://www.benfranklinsworld.com/348
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