01x17 - Captain Molly

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yet still I know the truth will rise

never give up you represent America

my own eyes

here are some exciting exciting scenes

from today's episode of Liberty's Kids I

believe in being what you want to be not

what people tell you to be the British

have begun moving back to Manhattan we

absolutely must be Steve you ate Fort

Washington the ominous at the Fort are

critical to our cause we're in a w*r Joe

we're bound to lose men if you have to

stomach for it get another job keep

firing if we can't hold this position

you won't have the Corbin to blame

look at this jams and jams and more jams

oh and rock candy Moses and I will stop

while you're in France

those sweets are to ease the discomfort

of a long voyage

if you try to ship out with our pitch

jump you'll have to get past me first

Congress won't be happy if you delay

their most important Statesman they

would understand if they knew how good

this gem tastes you're probably right

but they have asked Dr Franklin to try

to enlist France in the American cause

right now we Americans stand alone in

the world we must acquire allies for the

revolution is doomed

promise meal bring back some French

pastries

I'm worried about him after his last

Voyage he swore he'd never crossed the

Atlantic again 70 is very very old at

his age and in his health who knows if

he'll survive the trip

there

all right

thank you

thank you

who's it from

Sarah and James would you like to read

it Henry I couldn't possibly read

through the tears in my eyes tears from

seeing all this food for the last time I

hope it's good news if I'm to convince

France to help us we have to show that

we can gain a victory against the

British on our own

hmm

what's wrong Washington's retreating

from Manhattan

Dear Mother please forgive the irritable

nature of my letter but I'm tired and

thirsty oh

the men in these colonies suffer from a

decided lack of gallantry

in addition since I'm not a man General

Washington told me I couldn't stay at

the front lines he sent me to a place

called Fort tribe

it can't be much of a fault as I'm about

to join a group of camp followers women

and children who live here with their

soldiers I'd certainly rather be viewing

the action with the general and James

than be here watching people wash

clothes

thank you sir

nice little stroll huh I'm Margaret

Corbin my friends call me Molly who are

you

thank you I'm Sarah Phillips

it's good of course it is the dirt from

the river adds flavor oh

I've been General Washington secretary

for months now and I've never seen him

so discouraged

all we need is a victory and I know the

general will deliver it he's the most

decisive commanding man I've ever met

Lieutenant Harrison I Need You Now

commanding is right

foreign

English is not even my language this

year I talk funny and I can't learn to

read who says this

other boys let me tell you something

Henry

it's a CREDO I live by

be what you want to be

not what people tell you you can be well

then stop telling me I can be a reader

would I want to be is

left alone

you owe it to yourself to hone your

reading writing and arithmetic I'm doing

just fine without it yes you've done

well so far you've learned a trade at a

second language

and I'd like to help you keep learning

why

for one thing if you could improve your

skills at estimation we might not be

short logs for the fire and we wouldn't

both be freezing our toes off at least

we're not outside

do you think Sarah and James are all

right out in the wilderness

Rosemary's stop wiping your nose and my

dress

this is ridiculous I'm out in the middle

of Fort nowhere fishing for trousers

you're not the only one who didn't want

to come here oh hello Molly after my

husband John enlisted he was about to

leave our place in Pennsylvania know

what it's like to be a woman living

alone in the wilderness and I'm sure I

don't in that Wild Country I wouldn't

even have been able to feed myself hey

Mom what's for supper some kind of shirt

soup better than raw squirrel or

whatever it is you got stuck in your

beard

ah you leg puller raw squirrel

probably raccoon

it's amazing the way you keep your

optimism in a place like this Deary when

I was five my daddy was k*lled and my

mama kidnapped I never saw her again if

that didn't ruin my life I'm sure not

gonna let this do it

who's your friend mom Sarah she's

English well we won't hold that against

her this is John he's a matron

cleans and loads the Cannons I'm Mighty

proud of him one reason I don't mind

working so hard we can't have the man

loading the cannon where dirty drawers

can we

what kind of cannons are they

Pennsylvania six Pounders right up there

on the brow of that Hill

approach to Fort Washington those

Beauties will make things plenty tough

on the lobster backs hey pick your

pardon for the slide Sarah never mind I

quite understand ignore him John just

doesn't like red

sure am lucky he married me don't let

her fool you Sarah I'm lucky she married

me it's not like I had lots of choices

it was either him or squirrel beard over

there it's raccoon

Dr Franklin the only thing you'll catch

with a line that thick is influenza

think I've already got that actually at

the other end of the line is a

thermometer to measure the water

temperature now save you the trouble

it's cold I study the ocean currents and

temperatures every time I cross the

Atlantic it was these studies that

helped me chart the Gulf Stream seven

years ago just don't let your studies

interfere with your health it's my job

to get you to friends alive how are you

feeling I'm not sleeping well in these

rough seas and the food particularly the

salt beef is tough on 70 year old teeth

the fresh air seems to do me some good

however I'd prefer to avoid the frequent

baths gentlemen I have surprising news

the British have begun moving back to

Manhattan I suspect they're mobilizing

to attack Fort Washington

our last stronghold in Manhattan it

houses some of our finest troops and a

large amount of our armaments and

ammunition this fort and its outposts

are critically important to the w*r for

both sides

Sarah's at one of those outposts yes

your friend who wanted to see action is

about to get her wish

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Cannon

load power

load ball

Cannon ready to fire

Molly How brave you are

she's the best a*tillery mate in the

whole regiment

I can't believe you're permitted to do

such a thing I don't ask permission to

do nothing I believe in being what you

want to be not what people tell you to

be I know someone else who shares your

point of view

who is there

Henry Moses is that you

it's wrong

nothing's wrong Come On Son tell me when

you didn't come back I tried to make

dinner from the notes you left me but I

couldn't measure oh you're teasing me

now and there's lots of words I don't

understand

hey you're the one who's teasing me oh

you were late on purpose you knew I

wouldn't be able to make myself food I

could have stuffed somehow I think you

wouldn't have starved but reading and

measuring are important things to know

have you changed your mind about

learning them yes

even if all the fellows don't think I

can but not right away why not because

I'm too hungry first a late supper then

a late lesson

we absolutely must evacuate Fort

Washington

the armaments at the Fort are critical

to our cause America has no Munitions

factories we've no way to replace the

g*ns and ammunition if they're captured

Emerald Washington I strongly disagree

with Colonel Reed I'm confident we can

hold the fort

if we can hold it we should hold it sir

General Greene would risk over 2 000 of

our finest troops we've already lost too

many to disease and desertion I don't

have the stomach to lose anymore we're

in a w*r Joe we're bound to lose men if

you have the stomach for it get another

job I stand by my recommendation to hold

the fort

General Green's right we must fight

um excuse me

sirs sir this hesitation to evacuate is

nothing short of Reckless forgive me but

you must make up your mind

it's only November how much colder does

it get here much that's why when John's

tour of Duty's up we're moving south

then we'll start a family oh how many

children do you want I don't know eight

ten oh my

John's a good man he'll make a fine

father probably a tired one too

I miss my family terribly but being

around people like you makes my stay

here so much easier here now

I'll make it easier still

depress the summer flowers they always

add a bit of cheer when winter comes

knocking

it still has its perfume

Washington sir we need a decision now do

we abandon Fort Washington or do we

defend it

General Greene as you are the officer

most familiar with the situation I leave

it to you to give such orders as to

defending Mount Washington as you judge

best I appreciate your confidence in me

sir

so General Howe demands that I Surrender

this fort over to you British please

repeat the following to your commander

give me leave to assure his Excellency

that inspired by the most glorious cause

that mankind ever fought in I am

determined to defend this post to the

last man

foreign

's reputation that will be all

gentlemen I am resolved to crush the

rebels into dust

little Victory could give their

so-called Revolution momentum on the

b*ttlefield as well as support from

foreign Shores

especially France

look at all the Red Coats they're

preparing for an attack and we won't

have long to wait either see there

Hessian troops to the north

Hessian mercenaries I can't believe the

king is paying Germans to come here and

k*ll British colonists

General Washington's not going to

evacuate the fort after all is he he's

worried that it may not be as strong as

we think he wants to inspect it in

person how does he keep changing his

mind

foreign

ER we might be able to hold off the

Hessians

but not the king's Navy

foreign

I love

Molly

keep firing if we can't hold this

position you won't have the Corbin to

blame

Molly no

God help us

for Tryon Has Fallen

there's nothing we can do for those poor

souls

right

General

they're raising the Union Jack over Fort

Washington

did

General Howe has prevailed this is the

most unfortunate Affair and has given me

great mortification as we have lost not

only 2 000 men but a good deal of

a*tillery and some of the best arms we

had

sir the man panicked I did not account

for the possibility if we'd but held the

perimeter no sir we should have

abandoned the fort as General Lee and I

urged

Gentlemen please

I alone am to blame

I've never seen him look so

disappointed so helpless

he is in danger of becoming a parody of

a general

I pray Colonel Reed is wrong

what happened to Fort Tryon

Sarah women and children will be

returned to us foreign

games but there are rules what's that

it is the camp followers from Fort Tryon

Sarah

excuse me

Sarah Sarah oh

sorry

Sarah

thank goodness you're safe

yes I'm safe

how can we continue the fight after this

it's hopeless

nothing's hopeless not when people like

Molly fight on when all seems lost

if all the colonists display her spirit

America will be very difficult to defeat

will your friend be all right yes you

can't keep the corbins down

I learned an important lesson today Mr

Harrison as much as I respect my

generals and consider them my family

never again will I make a decision that

goes against my own instincts

foreign

a disaster like this battle must never

happen again we must Prevail in our

fight for freedom

we will prevail in our fight for freedom

maybe with the spirit of George

Washington and Captain Molly and Ben

Franklin and so many others all is it

lost after all

never give up you represent America

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