America's Christmas Miracle
SmartHERNews
Jenna Lee
4.9 • 660 Ratings
🗓️ 24 December 2021
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
A SmartHer Interview with Washington Crossing Park Historian, Clay Craighead.
By Christmas 1776, General Washington finds himself in a desperate position. Only a few months into the Revolutionary War, he has experienced a string of crushing defeats and privately admits the cause for liberty may be all but lost. Despite duress and great uncertainty, Gen. Washington makes a fateful decision to go on the offense, driving his troops through snow and ice for a surprise attack that changes the course of history. Historian Clay Craighead of Washington Crossing State Park joins us to share his 30+ year knowledge on the "game saving" decision in America's quest for independence.
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| 1:02.4 | Hello from the Heartland. My name is Jenna and this is Smarter News, news when it matters and why it matters. |
| 1:10.4 | Our Smarter series features unique people who help |
| 1:13.5 | us think and live smarter. So let me just set the stage for where we are at this current time |
| 1:23.5 | because everything's moving so quickly. It's just a few days before Christmas, 2021. And it has |
| 1:31.0 | certainly been a historic year. We're still in the throes of this global pandemic. We've seen a |
| 1:36.9 | political transition in the United States. I started to try to list all the different stories |
| 1:42.0 | that we've covered on Smarter News and beyond. |
| 1:45.3 | How do you choose? |
| 1:47.2 | There are just so many of them. |
| 1:53.4 | And that's why I think history, a dash of history is so important to any news cycle because it's the salt on the table. |
| 1:56.7 | It just brings out the flavor of what we're talking about. |
| 2:00.7 | And you just need that little dash now and then for something that's very difficult to |
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