Patrick Henry spoke to the Second Virginia Convention, which was meeting in Richmond's St. John's Church: "I consider it as nothing less than a question of freedom or slavery ... I know of no way of judging of the future but by the past ... Suffer not yourselves to be betrayed with a kiss ..."
Genesis 18:19 records one of the reasons God chose Abraham: “For I know him (Abraham), that he will teach his children … (to) keep the way of the LORD, to do justice and judgment.” Deuteronomy 4:9: “Teach them to your children and grandchildren.”
To celebrate this victory of Republican abolition policies over the Democrat pro-slavery policies is "Juneteenth," the day Union Major General Gordon Granger issued General Order No. 3 from his headquarters in Galveston, Texas, June 19, 1865, announcing: "The people of Texas are informed that in accordance with a Proclamation from the Executive of the United States, all slaves are free. This involves an absolute equality of rights and rights of property between former masters and slaves."
The web of alliances that Britain and France had with other countries entangled much of the world in war. Britain's allies included Prussia, Hanover, Hesse, Brunswick, Schaumberg, Portugal, and Iroquois. France's allies included Austria, Russia, Sweden, Saxony, Spain and India's Mughal Empire. It is considered to be the first "world" war.
Commander-in-Chief George Washington appointed Lafayette as a Major General in the Continental Army. He insisted on serving without pay, covering all his own expenses. Lafayette endured the freezing winter at Valley Forge, 1777-1778. He was wounded at the Battle of Brandywine on September 11, 1777. He fought in the: Battle of Gloucester, Battle of Barren Hill, Battle of Monmouth, Battle of Rhode Island, and Battle of Green Spring.
