[safisoft]

the British burning the congregation in a church in the film "Patriot". Never happened!

To be fair, Mel never said it did. The Patriot was a collection of various stories from the Revolutionary War. The reality, is that the British DID do something very similar at Kings Mountain - they torched a tavern with people in it and did not let them escape. Mel's creative license was simply and RIGHTLY showing how shallow the British "gentlemen's" rules were. They were brutal, and history records that - and Mel rightly added to the picture for our understanding in that regard.

[Blake#1]

Could you, would you provide more information on the "Kings Mountain" incident? War is Hell, somebody once said, so these things happen, victory at any cost!

[Lauratealeaf]

The reality, is that the British DID do something very similar at Kings Mountain - they torched a tavern with people in it and did not let them escape.

This is true. My direct ancestor was a minister and owned two houses in Charlestown, MA. The Brits burned him out.