“The day is ours!” shouted Captain Charles Fordyce, moments before his charge, moments before he and twelve privates were slain by Patriot gunfire at Great Bridge, Virginia. Months before, Virginia’s governor, Lord Dunmore had sailed out of Williamsburg to Norfolk, after which he pleaded for troops to quell the rebellion brewing throughout the state.
The years of 1776 to 1783 would be seismic for the young men, in particular, encompassing for Clark ages 6 to 13, for Lewis 2 to 9. These were young boys coping with a world at war and, for each of them, their family joining the fight. Today we explore a bit of the Revolution in Virginia.
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