Memorial Day 2008 arrives as the United States is involved in
a two-front war on terrorism, with a combined 180,000 troops
presently in Afghanistan and Iraq. George Washington, as
commander of American forces during the revolution against
Britain, knew the sacrifices of his troops all-too-well. The
observation below offers a perpetual reminder that freedom
isn’t free:
“To see men without cloathes [sic] to cover their nakedness, without
blankets to lay on, without shoes by which their marches might
be traced by the blood from their feet, and almost as often
without provisions as with; marching through frost and snow…
no history…can furnish an instance of an Army’s suffering such
uncommon hardships as ours have done, and beaing them with the same
patience and fortitude.”
Source: Letter to John Bannister, April 21, 1778
Posted by: Dr. Sam Hoff, Delaware State University
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