
‘Valley Forge: Washington’s Winter Army’ documents the historic battle in 1777
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The newly-released special, “Valley Forge: Washington’s Winter Army,” narrated by conservative actor Kevin Sorbo, takes viewers back to Christmastime in 1777.
After a long tough battle, the Continental Army had little to celebrate on Christmas Day, however the troops did their best to observe the holiday
"A lot of these men, were men of God and men of faith…I think prayer was a heavy dose of their daily activities, as well, to get through what they were going through and to guide them in the right direction…when Christmas did roll around, they would find a way somehow to celebrate it," he noted.
In the documentary, General Washington understood that faith was something that would encourage the troops, give them strength and help them carry through the intense winter season. Washington’s soldiers would trail off to any local churches they could find or simply carried out impromptu ceremonies with their chaplains at the encampment.