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♪ I SEE A LAND

♪ WITH LIBERTY FOR ALL

♪ YET STILL I KNOW

♪ THE TRUTH WILL RISE AND FALL ♪

♪ OH, YEAH-EE-AH

♪ THAT'S JUST THE WAY IT GOES ♪

♪ A WORD NOW TO THE WISE

♪ THE WORLD WAS MADE TO CHANGE ♪

♪ EACH DAY IS A SURPRISE

♪ I'M LOOKIN' AT LIFE THROUGH MY OWN EYES ♪

♪ I'M SEARCHIN' FOR A HERO TO IDOLIZE ♪

♪ FEELIN' THE PAIN AS INNOCENCE DIES ♪

♪ I'M LOOKIN' AT LIFE

♪ THROUGH MY OWN EYES

♪ I'LL TAKE MY HEART INTO BATTLE ♪

♪ GIVE THAT FREEDOM BELL A RATTLE ♪

♪ GET MY INDEPENDENCE SIGNED ♪

♪ DECLARE FOR IT ON THE DOTTED LINE ♪

♪ LET PHILADELPHIA FREEDOM RING ♪

♪ AND PATRIOTIC VOICES SING

♪ RED, WHITE, AND BLUE, NEVER GIVE UP ♪

♪ YOU REPRESENT AMERICA ♪

♪ HOPIN' AND PRAYIN' FOR A BRIGHTER DAY ♪

♪ I LISTEN TO MY HEART, AND I OBEY ♪

♪ HOW CAN I SEE IT ANY OTHER WAY? ♪

♪ I'M LOOKIN' AT LIFE

♪ I'M LOOKIN' AT LIFE

♪ THROUGH MY OWN EYES

CAPTIONING MADE POSSIBLE BY DIC ENTERTAINMENT

AND THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Narrator: TODAY ON LIBERTY'S KIDS...

John Adams: WASHINGTON IS THE ONLY HERO WE HAVE.

THE ONLY MAN THE WHOLE COUNTRY WILL SUPPORT.

OTHERWISE THE REVOLUTION WILL REMAIN

NEW ENGLAND'S WAR.

Washington: YOU SIGNED ON WITH THIS ARMY

FOR 6 MONTHS SERVICE.

HOWEVER, THE ENEMY IS STILL BEHIND HIS BARRICADE.

HE IS NOT GOING HOME,

BUT NEITHER ARE MANY OF YOUR FRIENDS.

THEY DIED IN THAT FIGHT ON THE HILL--BUNKER HILL--

DEFENDING AN IDEA.

THAT IDEA IS FREEDOM.

Sarah: JULY, 1775.

DEAREST MOTHER, THIS HAS BEEN THE HARDEST,

HOTTEST, BUMPIEST TRIP I'VE EVER MADE.

THANK HEAVENS IT'S ALMOST OVER.

WE ARE 10 DAYS OUT OF PHILADELPHIA,

AND SHOULD ARRIVE IN BOSTON ANY TIME NOW.

GENERAL WASHINGTON IS TO TAKE COMMAND

OF THE CONTINENTAL ARMY,

AND DR. FRANKLIN HAS ASSIGNED JAMES AND ME

TO REPORT ON IT.

JAMES IS EMBARKED ON A GREAT EXPERIMENT.

HOW DO YOU KNOW WHERE THESE BIRDS WILL GO?

THEY'RE HOMING PIGEONS.

THE GAZETTE WILL GET NEWS FROM THE WAR

BEFORE ANY OTHER NEWSPAPER.

FLY AWAY HOME, LITTLE BROTHER.

HE'S HEADED NORTH.

I KEEP TELLING YOU... WE OUGHT TO EAT THEM.

[GUNSHOT]

[HORSE WHINNIES]

HERE WE ARE!

Sarah: I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE THE ARMY.

Henri: I CAN'T WAIT TO EAT!

THIS IS AN ARMY?

"GENERAL WASHINGTON TAKES COMMAND

"OF COLONIAL FORCES IN BOSTON.

"THE GENERAL HAS BEGUN TO IMPOSE DISCIPLINE

"ON THE EAGER AND PATRIOTIC, BUT DISORGANIZED GROUP

"OF CITIZEN SOLDIERS

"FACING GENERAL HOWE'S FORMIDABLE BRITISH REGULARS.

"I DON'T KNOW HOW GENERAL WASHINGTON

"WILL TURN THIS RABBLE INTO AN ARMY.

"A MORE SLOPPY, DISRESPECTFUL, BULLHEADED GROUP

THIS JOURNALIST HAS NEVER SEEN."

BUT DR. FRANKLIN,

THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE JAMES' REPORT FROM THE FRONT.

WHAT YOU READ IS NOT AT ALL LIKE WHAT HE SAID

IN HIS DISPATCH.

EDITOR'S PRIVILEGE.

BESIDES, IF THE ARMY IS TO BECOME A REAL ARMY,

THEY'LL NEED MONEY FROM CONGRESS,

AND CONGRESS WON'T GIVE IT

IF THEY THINK THE ARMY IS HOPELESS.

IT WAS A BRAVE THING

TO LET THE KIDS GO ALONG,

BUT I CAN'T HELP BUT WORRY ABOUT THEM.

THEY'LL BE FINE, MOSES.

JAMES HAS THE MAKINGS OF A FINE REPORTER,

AND SARAH...WELL, IF EITHER OF THOSE BOYS

GETS OUT OF LINE,

SARAH WILL PUT THEM STRAIGHT SOON ENOUGH.

HAVE YOU SPOTTED ANY OF JAMES' PIGEONS YET?

I'VE SEEN PLENTY OF PIGEONS,

BUT NONE OF THEM LOOKED LIKE WAR CORRESPONDENTS.

I TOLD HIM THAT THE DISTANCE

MIGHT BE TOO GREAT.

JUST AS WELL HE USES THE ARMY GALLOPERS

AS A PRECAUTION.

James: GENERAL WASHINGTON HAS HIS WORK CUT OUT FOR HIM.

HE HAS TO STRENGTHEN THE AREA

AROUND THE ENTIRE CITY,

AND SOMEHOW WHIP THIS BUNCH OF FARMERS AND LAYABOUTS

INTO AN ARMY.

[SNORING]

HEY! WHOA! OOH!

[ALL GROANING]

PRESENT ARMS!

WOULD YOU SAY THAT RATIONS HERE ARE LOW?

I WOULD SAY RATIONS HERE ARE NONEXISTENT.

WE THROW TOGETHER WHATEVER WE CAN FIND.

I'VE HEARD THAT THINGS WILL CHANGE

NOW THAT GENERAL WASHINGTON IS IN CHARGE.

I'VE HEARD THERE'S AN ISLAND IN THE SOUTH

WHERE DOGS CAN TALK AND WEAR HATS.

DO YOU REALLY WORK FOR A NEWSPAPER?

YES, INDEED.

DR. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN'S PENNSYLVANIA GAZETTE.

PENNSYLVANIA?

WHAT BUSINESS IS THIS OF THEIRS?

DR. FRANKLIN SAYS ALL THE COLONIES HAVE A COMMON INTEREST

IN THIS WAR.

THAT SO?

WELL, I'M JUST INTERESTED IN YOURS TRULY

AND HIS PART OF THIS WAR,

WHICH WILL BE OVER AND DONE WITH IN 52 DAYS.

52?

HOW CAN YOU BE SO SURE OF THAT?

THAT'S WHEN MY ENLISTMENT IS UP.

THAT'S WHEN MOST OF THESE MEN WILL BE ON THEIR WAY HOME.

WHAT IF THE BRITISH ARE STILL IN BOSTON?

THEY'RE WELCOME TO IT, AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED.

LOOK, LADDIE, I'M A STOREKEEPER.

DRY GOODS MOSTLY--

SOME FRIBBLES FOR THE LADIES, AND SUCH.

I CAN'T AFFORD TO LET MY BUSINESS DO FOR ITSELF.

AND THAT THERE'S JEREMIAH BRADDOCK.

HE'S A FARMER

WHO'S GOING TO BRING IN HIS HAY AND SWEET CORN

IF HE'S STUCK DOWN HERE

PARADING AROUND FOR MR. WASHINGTON?

WHAT ARE THESE CHILDREN DOIN' HERE?

TAKE IT EASY, STRIKER.

THEY'RE DOIN' NO HARM.

THIS ONE SAYS HE WRITES FOR A NEWSPAPER.

REALLY?

AND YOU, SPROUT.

WHAT ARE YOU SUPPOSED TO BE?

I'M NOT SUPPOSED TO BE ANYTHING.

I A HENRI RICHARD MAURICE DUTOIT LEFEBVRE.

DID YOU HEAR THAT, BOYS?

THIS TADPOLE'S GOT A WHOLE LAUNDRY LIST FOR A NAME.

[MEN LAUGH]

CAN'T YOU READ?

OF COURSE.

IS THERE SOMETHING YOU WOULD LIKE ME TO READ FOR YOU?

YOU LITTLE SCAMP!

[MEN HOLLERING]

UNH! LOOK OUT!

[BARKING]

LOOK AT HIM!

THE BIG PIG FARMER FROM VIRGINIA.

EVERYONE KNOWS NOTHING GOOD EVER CAME

OUT OF THE SOUTH.

I HOPE YOU'RE AS GOOD AT FIGHTING RED COATS

AS YOU ARE AT CHASING CHILDREN.

AAH!

Sarah: DEAREST MOTHER,

JAMES SPENDS MORE AND MORE TIME EACH DAY

WITH GENERAL WASHINGTON'S AIDES, TRYING TO FIND OUT

AND REPORT TO DR. FRANKLIN THE ARMY'S PLANS.

BUT ONLY AS LONG AS THE NAVAL GUNS IN THE HARBOR

REMAIN SILENT.

I'M AFRAID WE STILL DON'T KNOW

IF THE PIGEONS ARE GETTING THROUGH.

I THOUGHT PHILADELPHIA WAS THAT WAY.

ARE YOU SURE THESE AREN'T BRITISH PIGEONS?

Mrs. Adderly: WE ONLY HAVE ONE DOCTOR--POOR DR. MARSTON--

FOR THE MEN HERE AND OVER AT THE SCHOOL.

AND YOU KNOW, HE'S NOT WELL HIMSELF.

WERE THESE MEN WOUNDED IN THE BATTLE AT BUNKER HILL?

YES, BUT MOST ARE JUST SICK.

IT'S THE FEVER THAT TAKES THEM, MOSTLY.

WE HAVE NO ICE.

I WONDER WHAT DEVOTION TO DUTY OR COUNTRY

WOULD MAKE MEN GO THROUGH SOMETHING LIKE THIS.

WE'RE FIGHTING FOR OUR LIBERTY, YOUNG LADY.

SIMPLE AS THAT.

James: IF THESE NEW ENGLANDERS

DON'T KNOW HOW TO DRILL YET,

THEY CERTAINLY KNOW HOW TO DIG.

THESE HARDY COLONISTS KNOW MORE ABOUT BUILDING THAN FIGHTING.

[GUNFIRE]

THEY'VE NEVER HAD AN ARMY,

BUT THEY HAVE CARVED A NATION

OUT OF A WILDERNESS.

NO ONE KNOWS HOW LONG THE BRITISH WILL WAIT BEFORE THEY ATTACK...

OR, INDEED, WHY THEY ARE WAITING AT ALL.

WE CAN ONLY BE THANKFUL FOR THE TIME

TO READY THIS ARMY.

Sarah: DECEMBER, 1775.

DEAREST MOTHER, WE'VE BEEN IN THIS CAMP

FOR NEARLY 5 MONTHS.

A BEAUTIFUL AUTUMN HAS COME AND GONE,

AS HAVE ALL THE LEAVES ON THE TREES.

HENRI STAYS OUT MOST OF THE DAY,

AND COMES IN WITH A BAGFUL OF ODD AND ENDS

HE'S COLLECTED FROM THE BATTLEFIELD.

HE INSISTS THERE WILL BE A BIG MARKET FOR SOUVENIRS

OF THE GREAT BATTLE FOR BOSTON.

AND NOW, AS IF HE DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH ON HIS SHOULDERS,

GENERAL WASHINGTON HAS A NEW WORRY.

THE ENLISTMENT OF 1/2 OF THE MEN HERE IS UP,

AND MANY OF THEM ARE GOING HOME.

IN THIS FREEZING COLD,

GENERAL WASHINGTON'S ARMY IS MELTING AWAY

IN THE FACE OF A DANGEROUS ENEMY.

MEN OF NEW HAMPSHIRE,

YOU SIGNED ON WITH THIS ARMY

FOR 6 MONTHS SERVICE.

THAT ENLISTMENT IS NOW UP, AND YOU WANT TO GO HOME.

I CANNOT BLAME YOU FOR THAT.

AND I CANNOT STOP YOU FROM GOING.

I'M HERE TO APPEAL TO YOU TO STAY.

6 MONTHS AGO YOU AND YOUR NEIGHBORS STOOD ON THAT HILL--

BUNKER HILL--

AND HEROICALLY FOUGHT OFF A SUPERIOR FORCE.

THE ENEMY IS STILL BEHIND HIS BARRICADE,

AND HE IS NOT LEAVING UNTIL WE MAKE HIM DO SO.

HE IS NOT GOING HOME,

BUT NEITHER ARE MANY OF YOUR FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS.

THEY DIED IN THAT FIGHT ON THE HILL

DEFENDING THEIR HONOR-- DEFENDING AN IDEA.

THAT IDEA IS FREEDOM.

BEFORE YOU GO,

I ASK YOU TO THINK ABOUT THE MEN YOU KNEW AND LOVED,

WHO WILL FOREVER MAN THEIR POST ON THAT HILL.

[HORSE WHINNIES]

[WHISPERING]

MEN, THIS IS COLONEL HENRY KNOX,

COLONEL OF THE ARTILLERY.

THERE ARE 56 BRITISH CANNONS WAITING FOR US

AT FORT TICONDEROGA,

CAPTURED THIS PAST MAY.

KNOX NEEDS MEN TO MOVE THOSE GUNS HERE

TO BOSTON, TO BEAR ON THE ENEMY.

WE NEED ARTILLERY TO DRIVE THE BRITISH

FROM THIS CITY.

WHO WILL GO?

THE TIME IS PASSED

WHEN WE THINK OF OURSELVES AS NEW HAMPSHIREMEN,

OR VIRGINIANS.

WE ARE AMERICANS,

AND WE HAVE TO STAND AS ONE!

ARE YOU WITH ME?!

AYE... YES... I'M IN...

James: COLONEL KNOX AND THE PROMISE OF HIS CANNONS

SEEMS TO HAVE CONVINCED AT LEAST SOME OF THE MEN TO STAY.

NOW ALL THEY HAVE TO DO IS MOVE THEM 500 MILES

OVER WINTER MOUNTAINS... SOMEHOW.

SINCE I WAS THERE WHEN THE CANNONS WERE CAPTURED,

I'M GOING BACK TO SEE HOW HE DOES IT.

WILL THE PIGEONS COME HERE OR GO ON TO PHILADELPHIA?

PHILADELPHIA... I HOPE.

BE SAFE.

I'M GOING TO VISIT WITH SOME OF THE NEW RECRUITS

IN FROM MAINE.

WANT TO COME ALONG?

NO. I...UH...

I'VE GOT AN ASSIGNMENT OF MY OWN.

UNH.

UNH-UHH.

[FIDDLE PLAYING]

PROMISE ME YOU'LL INTRODUCE ME TO DR. FRANKLIN

WHEN I MAKE IT DOWN TO PHILADELPHIA.

THAT'S A PROMISE.

I'VE READ EVERY EDITION OF HIS POOR RICHARD'S ALMAN.

REALLY?!

I USED TO HAVE A BOOK SHOP DOWN IN BOSTON.

AH, HERE IT IS.

POOR RICHARD'S ALMANAC.

NEVER FAILED TO FIND SOMETHING USEFUL IN THESE PAGES.

LISTEN TO THIS.

"IF YOU WOULD NOT BE FORGOTTEN

"AS SOON AS YOU'RE DEAD AND ROTTEN,

"EITHER WRITE THINGS WORTH THE READING,

OR DO THINGS WORTH THE WRITING."

WELL THEN, COLONEL...

YOU DO THE DOING, AND I'LL DO THE WRITING.

[FESTIVE PIANO MUSIC PLAYING]

Men: ♪ YANKEE DOODLE WENT TO LONDON ♪

♪ RIDING ON A PONY

♪ STUCK A FEATHER IN HIS HAT ♪

♪ AND CALLED IT MACARONI

ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT, THAT'S ENOUGH!

THIS IS DREADFUL!

THIS SHOW OPENS ON SATURDAY NIGHT,

AND YOU PEOPLE WILL NEVER BE READY!

GENERAL HOWE HIMSELF WILL BE HERE,

AND HE'S ISSUED A SPECIAL INVITATION

TO GENERAL WASHINGTON HIMSELF

TO COME, AND BRING HIS OWN NOOSE!

TAKE IT FROM REGGIE'S CHORUS.

REGGIE!

FROM THE TOP.

AND FOR HEAVEN'S SAKE,

WILL YOU TWO DECIDE ON WHO'S WHERE

IN THE COW SUIT?!

♪ YANKEE DOODLE CAME TO BOSTON ♪

♪ THOUGHT HE'D BEAT THE TOMMIES ♪

♪ GOT A LOOK AT GAGE'S GUNS ♪

♪ AND RAN RIGHT HOME TO MOMMY ♪

♪ YANKEE DOODLE WENT TO WAR ♪

♪ YANKEE DOODLE DANDY

♪ THOUGHT THE BRITS WOULD RUN AWAY ♪

♪ BUT HE FOUND US TOO HANDY ♪

Man: HEY, YOU!

GET BACK HERE!

HEY...

Man: THERE HE IS!

Second man: I'VE GOT HIM!

STOP THAT MAN!

HALT! WHO GOES THERE?!

AAH!

A-A-AAH!

MOO.

HELP! HELP!

JAMES! JAMES!

TRY TO JUMP!

[GASPS]

JUMP, JAMES, JUMP!

WHEW!

HMM...

YOU SAY THEY PLAN THIS ENTERTAINMENT

FOR SATURDAY NIGHT?

YES, SIR.

AND THEY EXPRESSLY INVITED YOU TO ATTEND.

WELL, THAT IS A TEMPTING INVITATION,

ISN'T IT?

PERHAPS AN INVITATION FOR US TO LAUNCH AN ATTACK.

THIS IS JUST A QUICK RAID, GENTLEMEN.

WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH MEN

FOR A FULL ATTACK.

BRING BACK WHATEVER YOU CAN CARRY.

ESPECIALLY POWDER.

LET'S MOVE OUT!

[PIANO PLAYING]

♪ YANKEE DOODLE CAME TO BOSTON ♪

♪ THOUGHT HE'D BEAT THE TOMMIES... ♪

SORRY TO INTERRUPT THE ENTERTAINMENT,

BUT IT SEEMS GENERAL WASHINGTON

HAS LAUNCHED AN ATTACK ON BUNKER HILL.

Man: COME ON, MEN. Second man: UP THE HILL!

Sarah: GENERAL WASHINGTON'S CAPTURED MUCH-NEEDED SUPPLIES IN HIS RAID,

AND LET GENERAL HOWE KNOW THAT THE AMERICANS WILL ATTACK WITHOUT WARNING.

JAMES' PIGEONS HAVE ALL COME HERE

INSTEAD OF FLYING TO PHILADELPHIA,

AND I CAN'T GET THEM TO LEAVE.

JAMES HAS BEEN GONE WITH COLONEL KNOX

FOR OVER A MONTH NOW.

I'M BEGINNING TO WORRY ABOUT THEM.

MORE NEW RECRUITS ARE COMING IN EACH DAY,

AND THIS ARMY BECOMES STRONGER EACH DAY.

WHAT GENERAL WASHINGTON HAS DONE

IS NOTHING SHORT OF A MIRACLE.

HE DOESN'T SAY MUCH,

BUT HE INSPIRES CONFIDENCE AND OBEDIENCE

BY THE SHEER FORCE OF HIS PRESENCE.

[MEN CHEERING]

WHAT IS IT?

THOSE WEREN'T THERE LAST NIGHT!

Ben Franklin, reading: "BRITISH LEAVE BOSTON..."

IT'S A GREAT VICTORY, DR. FRANKLIN.

YES, AND WE NEEDED ONE.

I IMAGINE THOSE REDCOATS ARE HALFWAY HOME BY NOW.

I IMAGINE THEY'RE HALFWAY TO NEW YORK.

THIS WAR IS FAR FROM OVER,

BUT I SUPPOSE WE SHOULD CELEBRATE.

AT LEAST BOSTON IS FREE.

Moses: LOOKS LIKE ONE OF JAMES' PIGEONS.

HERE YOU GO.

"JUNE 28. WE'VE REACHED NEWARK

"AND SHOULD BE IN NEW YORK

BY TOMORROW MORNING."

THAT DISPATCH IS MONTHS OLD.

WHERE ON EARTH HAVE YOU BEEN, BIRD?

WHEREVER HE'S BEEN, HE'S PROBABLY READY FOR A NAP.

DR. FRANKLIN SAYS WE SHOULD COME BACK TO PHILADELPHIA

AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

WHAT WILL HAPPEN HERE?

WE'LL KEEP A GARRISON HERE,

BUT THE BULK OF THE ARMY,

AND NEW TROOPS FROM THE SOUTHERN COLONIES,

WILL BE GATHERING IN NEW YORK.

HOW LONG DO YOU THINK THE WAR WILL LAST, COLONEL KNOX?

I DON'T KNOW, SARAH,

BUT WE HAVE TO BE READY

FOR AS LONG AS IT TAKES.

[DRUM ROLL]

THE NEW FLAG!

AND A NEW ARMY.

A WORTHY ARMY.

AN ARMY WE CAN BE PROUD OF.

♪ I'M LOOKIN' AT LIFE THROUGH MY OWN EYES ♪

♪ I'M SEARCHIN' FOR A HERO TO IDOLIZE ♪

♪ FEELIN' THE PAIN AS INNOCENCE DIES ♪

♪ I'M LOOKIN' AT LIFE

♪ THROUGH MY OWN EYES

♪ I'LL TAKE MY HEART INTO BATTLE ♪

♪ GIVE THAT FREEDOM BELL A RATTLE ♪

♪ GET MY INDEPENDENCE SIGNED ♪

♪ DECLARE FOR IT ON THE DOTTED LINE ♪

♪ RED, WHITE, AND BLUE, NEVER GIVE UP ♪

♪ YOU REPRESENT AMERICA ♪