https://freerepublic.com/tag/17760828/ en-us Fri, 19 Jun 2026 18:31:17 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/4384563/posts This is a chapter of a book I wrote a few years ago. During our 250th anniversary celebration I will post more of these uplifting stories. The Battle of Brooklyn One of the first large scale battles of our revolution was fought on grounds that would eventually become part of Prospect Park in Brooklyn, now a part of New York City. It happened on August 27 - 28th 1776. Here is how it unfolded and why we should have lost; but won anyway. When General George Washington’s troops were fighting the best army in the world, there was no way... https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/4384563/posts#comment Fri, 19 Jun 2026 18:31:17 GMT