Valley Forge

Even through all of the difficult situations I had faced at Valley Forge, I would still re-enlist and come back for another term. I know that there will be people who will oppose to my idea of re-enlisting because the experiences at Valley Forge had given us reasons to quit but behind the hardship of the situations, I know that Valley Forge had also given us reasons to stay.
One reason why I would re-enlist is because I want to set a good example for the younger troops as well as for the people back in the states. Document D stated “Yet they still show a spirit of Alacrity and Contentment not to be expected for so young troops.”. This sentence tells you that even through the hard times at this place, the young soldiers are still happy and are still willing to suffer through all of this and win the freedom that their country deserves; so why can’t we? If we quit now then slowly, the young soldiers will lose the determination they are having now. We are setting examples to all of the troops through everything that we do, so if all of us quit then they will quit as well because there will be no one here for them to look up to. George Washington is such a powerful and great leader so if I quit then I am not being a very good role model for the troops to follow.
The picture in Document B shows George Washington introducing the Congress men to the soldiers and their living condition. This picture shows that George Washington really cares about his soldiers and that he wou...

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...ble of pushing through these problems to win the freedom for our country. Don’t be like the summer soldier or sunshine patriot who are only there when the times are easy but not when the times are rough. This is a great time for us to show the states that we are strong men who don’t back down even when the situations are brutal. I know that all of you want to go home and see your family but do they need you as much as all of the states and George Washington need you? Now is not the time to back out and quit the army; we are halfway there so why quit when you are halfway towards freedom. Every time the situations get worse, a few will quit, and at the end of the day we will truly see who are the strongest and most loyal troops.