Young Patriots.Young Patriots Various groups call themselves Young Patriots
Marcella Fisher Anderson & Elizabeth Weiss Vollstadt Boyds Mills Press 815 Church Street, Honesdale, PA 18431 1590782410 $16.95 1-800-490-5111 The collaboration of Marcella Fisher Anderson and Elizabeth Weiss Vollstadt, Young Patriots: Inspiring Stories Of The American Revolution American Revolution, 1775–83, struggle by which the Thirteen Colonies on the Atlantic seaboard of North America won independence from Great Britain and became the United States. It is also called the American War of Independence. is a compilation of short stories that reveal the experiences of children from a variety of cultural backgrounds during the American Revolution. These tales of carefully researched historical fiction provide young readers with stories of courage, loyalty, and a belief in liberty. From a young girl standing up to British soldiers at Concord on April 19, 1775 where "the shot heard round the world" was fired, to a young boy and his dog catching a Tory spy after they crossed the Delaware River Delaware River River in Pennsylvania, Delaware, New Jersey, and New York, U.S. Formed by the junction of its eastern and western branches in southern New York, it flows about 405 mi (650 km) to empty into the Atlantic Ocean at Delaware Bay. Navigable to Trenton, N.J. with George Washington troops on Christmas night in 1776, to a young soldier's decision at Valley Forge Valley Forge, on the Schuylkill River, SE Pa., NW of Philadelphia. There, during the American Revolution, the main camp of the Continental Army was established (Dec., 1777–June, 1778) under the command of Gen. George Washington. , and culminating with a young boy witnessing the inauguration of George Washington as the first American First American may refer to:
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