Sidney Blumenthal: President Trump’s Revolutionary War quiz

US President Donald Trump and first lady Melania arrives afetr landing at Shannon Airport, Ireland, on the first day of the president's visit to Ireland, Wednesday June 5, 2019. (Liam McBurney/PA via AP)“In June of 1775, the Continental Congress created a unified army out of the revolutionary forces encamped around Boston and New York and named after the great George Washington, commander in chief. The Continental Army suffered a bitter winter of Valley Forge, found glory across the waters of the Delaware and seized victory from Cornwallis of Yorktown. Our army manned the (unaudible). It rammed the ramparts. It took over the airports. It did everything it had to do. And at Fort McHenry, under the rockets’ red glare, it had nothing but victory. And when dawn came, their star-spangled banner waved defiant.”

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