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A Not-So-Silent Night

Saturday, December 23rd, 2006

It was a Christmas night exactly two hundred and thirty years ago.

A small group of rebels, led by a Southern gentleman, desperately try to add a few sparks to the smoldering fire of liberty:

The Battle of Trenton was a battle which took place on December 26, 1776, during the American Revolutionary War after Washington’s crossing of the Delaware River. General George Washington led the main Continental Army across the river to surprise and virtually eliminate the Hessian garrison at Trenton, New Jersey. This overwhelming victory helped to preserve the Continental Army and set the stage for the Battle of Princeton the following week.

A message of hope from our past as we struggle against the tyrants of our present; our task is in some ways more difficult, as the enemy is dispersed and not represented by any one military force or king who can be defeated finally and completely. But as long as there is Christmas, and Christ, there is hope.

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