(Originally Published Monday, March 17, 2014 – Blogger: One Daughter’s Point of View)
Friends in Liberty: North Carolina in the American Revolution is a production of the North Carolina Museum of History and was funded by the NC Society Daughters of the American Revolution State Officer’s Club. This video is available online from the North Carolina Museum of History where activities and resources are also available for educators. The following is from the DVD jacket and describes the content.
Experience the American Revolution in North Carolina through the eyes of 14-year-old Hugh McDonald and his friend, Anne Taylor. Friends in Liberty is based on the original journal of McDonald, the son of Highland Scots Loyalists, who joined the Sixth North Carolina Regiment of the Continental Army in 1776. The fictitious character Anne Taylor gives us a girl’s view of life during the Revolutionary War as she struggles with increasing responsibilities at home after her brother Samuel joins the militia.
What a great way to learn about the role children played during the American Revolution.
In 1777 when a messenger warned Col. Ludington that the British were attacking the nearby town of Danbury, CT his 16-year-old daughter, Sybil, volunteered to ride and gather her father’s troops from the countryside to come and stop the British. She rode over 40 miles in three hours and 400 men came ready to march! Later General George Washington paid a personal visit to thank her for her courageous deed.
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