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”  Many sacred Jewish items were covered in blue cloth

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and a black flag was carried by his column indicating no quarter was to be given by his men for any wounded or captured prisoners

General Loring

The Winds of Change sail boat Image Size: 16 1/2: xWashington at Valley Forge, March 4, 1778 The soldiers serving under General George Washington in December 1777 could not understand his decision to move them into winter quarters in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania. While General Washington believed the site an ideal location to allow him to continue to contest the British for control of the countryside around Philadelphia, the Continental army saw nothing except trees, open fields, and a few farmhouses.