BARBARA CARROLL ROBERTS GEORGE WHEN Art by ANNE YVONNE GILBERT WASHINGTON BOWED TO THE NEW NATION
November 25 1783 A troop of Continental Army soldiers their uniforms torn and ragged their boots worn through shoulder their muskets and form into ranks The officers mount up saddle leather creaking swords jangling against stirrup irons Their horses stomp and blow in the cold morning air They wait then snap to attention General Washington strides forward forward He swings up into his saddle and signals the troops just as he has done through all the eight long years of the Revolution leading this army of American colonists farmers and tradesmen blacksmiths and merchants into battle against the British empire 5
