"Did George Washington Order Rebels to Burn New York" Topic
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Tango01  | 25 Dec 2023 9:12 p.m. PST |
… City in 1776?
"On September 2, 1776, George Washington wrote to the Continental Congress, seeking permission to burn New York City to the ground.
The general knew his beleaguered Continental Army couldn't hold the city against the world's greatest navy, but as he prepared to retreat, he hoped to deny the British harbor through a strategy nearly as old as warfare itself: a scorched-earth policy…"
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| Tango01 | 26 Dec 2023 2:58 p.m. PST |
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| 35thOVI | 26 Dec 2023 3:48 p.m. PST |
Yes Tories
It was full of BLM……
Bloody Loyalist Militias😉 |
| Buck215 | 26 Dec 2023 8:13 p.m. PST |
Washington wanted to burn down the city to save it. |
| 42flanker | 26 Dec 2023 11:02 p.m. PST |
A fierce, destructive conflagration in New York! Who knew? |
| Bill N | 27 Dec 2023 10:22 a.m. PST |
Urban renewal, 18th Century style. |
| 35thOVI | 27 Dec 2023 10:58 a.m. PST |
Maybe George was just trying to clean out "Five Points" a few years early. 😉 |
| Tango01 | 27 Dec 2023 3:41 p.m. PST |
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