It’s true. The average age of American soldiers in the Revolutionary War was seventeen.
It was mostly teenagers who fought King George’s veterans to a standstill and broke the chains of tyranny, freeing thirteen scattered colonies to form the greatest nation the world had ever seen.
This eye-opening truth should inspire you and your children to believe that they too can be great and do great things while still young. That’s important in a society that treats young people as second-rate; that doesn’t expect them to really grow up until they’re in their twenties-if then!
But a hundred years ago, young people thrilled Continue reading America’s freedom was won by 17-year-old’s!