George Washington's Experience In The Continental Army
Looking around I see fellow soldiers sick, discouraged, and barely clothed. Soldiers at Valley Forge were cheerful in hard times, and healthy when there was sickness.I have decided to re-enlist for three reasons which are, with people dying the army needs me. Even in bad conditions I still want to help. George Washington read the army a motivational talk that influenced me to stay.
I enlisted in the continental army because I want freedom. My cousin told me about his experience in the Boston Tea Party. He told me how he threw all the tea into the harbor. Altho it was a surprise to me that when I decided to enlist for the army I was sent to Pennsylvania and froze nearly half to death. The time I spent there was treacherous, there were terrible sights. There were sick all around me, some died, but most deserted. Many, such as the government, thought of General Washington as …show more content…
General Washington came and read us a talk, some parts that stood out to me was(Pain, 153) “ What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly”. The cowards who left the army when times got tough are (Pain, 153) “ The summer soldier and sunshine patriot”. I am fighting for my country, for love and respect. These are hard times But we can get through them. Even leaving at the end of your term is foolish as it will be spring and thing will be better. Stay and fight for your liberty so that we can all choose to do what we like. I can be brave and fight by re-enlisting because re-enlisting is the right thing to do. On the other hand, some people say re-enlisting is a bad choice because of nasty cooking and no food, terrible conditions, and sickness. This point of view makes sense because (151, Waldo) “No meat! No meat!” . However, re-enlisting is still a better choice, the army will need all the help they can get, and right when my serving time ends it will be the end of winter. Therefore, I am re-enlisting because I am important to the
I enlisted in the continental army because I want freedom. My cousin told me about his experience in the Boston Tea Party. He told me how he threw all the tea into the harbor. Altho it was a surprise to me that when I decided to enlist for the army I was sent to Pennsylvania and froze nearly half to death. The time I spent there was treacherous, there were terrible sights. There were sick all around me, some died, but most deserted. Many, such as the government, thought of General Washington as …show more content…
General Washington came and read us a talk, some parts that stood out to me was(Pain, 153) “ What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly”. The cowards who left the army when times got tough are (Pain, 153) “ The summer soldier and sunshine patriot”. I am fighting for my country, for love and respect. These are hard times But we can get through them. Even leaving at the end of your term is foolish as it will be spring and thing will be better. Stay and fight for your liberty so that we can all choose to do what we like. I can be brave and fight by re-enlisting because re-enlisting is the right thing to do. On the other hand, some people say re-enlisting is a bad choice because of nasty cooking and no food, terrible conditions, and sickness. This point of view makes sense because (151, Waldo) “No meat! No meat!” . However, re-enlisting is still a better choice, the army will need all the help they can get, and right when my serving time ends it will be the end of winter. Therefore, I am re-enlisting because I am important to the