Archive | February 2019

Patriot Poem

Was a united states army officer and a statesman

His commander in chief was George Washington

Had the nickname mad Anthony

Commanded fort Ticonderoga

Anthony Wayne

Negotiated peace treaties

Washington heavily relied on Wayne

Help raise Pennsylvania Militia in 1775

Represented Georgia in the United States House of Representatives

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Woman in the Revolution

Emily Geiger was sent to send a message after she convinced him.Emily rode on horseback.Emily Geiger did not wear anything fancy like the tories.Emily crossed the Saluda river.Emily also spent the night at a tories house but Emily didn’t find out until they were talking to someone when Emily was in bed.So Emily snuck out of the house at dawn to continue her ride to send the message.Later Emily got caught by 3 tori soldiers and was asked why she was riding alone and she replied that she was going to see relatives and the soldiers did not believe her so Emily was captured and got took to their fort.The soldiers said that it was more polite to let a woman search her.Then Emily was put in a room with no hiding places to hide the message. Before the woman came Emily memorized the message then tore the message int0 little parts and ate the message.Then the woman came and searched her and found nothing.The soldiers gave Emily an apology.Then Emily was let go and she got to her destination and told the person the message and thanks to her the message was delivered safely.