Honoring Christmas and the Constitution: The Founders’ Legacy

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Honoring Christmas and the Constitution: The Founders’ Legacy
Kerri Toloczko

Posted: Dec 21, 2019 12:01 AM



For George Washington, Christmas was not always a happy day. As a boy of eight, his home burned down on Christmas Eve. Serving in the British Army in 1753, he was shot at in a miserable, freezing village called “Murdering Town.”

General Washington watched helplessly during Christmas 1777 in Valley Forge as his men perished in extreme conditions while preparing to cross the Delaware River on Christmas night to surprise the British at Trenton.

https://townhall.com/columnists/kerritoloczko/2019/12/21/honoring-christmas-and-the-constitution-the-founders-legacy-n2558385