Today's American Minute — Bruce Wayne

LISTEN (text to speech) Download as PDF ... General "Mad Anthony" Wayne raised a militia unit at the beginning of the Revolutionary War and participated in the invasion of Canada. He fought in the Battle of Trois-Rivières, and led forces at Fort Ticonderoga and Mount Independence.  "Mad Anthony" Wayne fought at Brandywine in 1777, then harassed British General Howe as his troops marched towards Pennsylvania. In 1778, Wayne attacked at the Battle of Monmouth. He fought at Germantown, and quartered the winter at Valley Forge.  In July of 1779, when General George Washington asked if he could capture Stony Point,...