Washington's army had just won their first major battle at Trenton and they were excited but their enlistments were nearly over and George Washington needed them to extend for just one month in order to go fight at Princeton. Not one man volunteered. Of course, they loved their country but, as Washington often observed, Patriotism is simply not enough. They had farms to run, crops to plant, fences to mend, families to love and to feed. How could their country possibly expect them to do more?
