Excerpt from The Trestle Board, Vol. 4: February, 1890 More than a century has passed since Washington, the good, the great, fought for, and accomplished our independence, and not long Since, the nation owing him so much endeavored to celebrate in a manner worthy of her, and her glorious hero the anniversary of his success. Enough has been said, written and Sung of this great event, unparalleled in his tory's record, when Britain's choicest troops, warriors skilled in all the tactics of war and hitherto invincible, were forced to retreat and acknowledge them selves beaten by not only inferior num bers, but raw recruits who were ignorant of even the Simplest rudiments Of mili tary science. Every child almost is con versant with its history; therefore, with out further prelude I will proceed with my story. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.