And here's the story of Sarah Osborn on Oct. 19, 1781.
She was a cook with the army. General Washington seeing her at work as the cannonballs flew suggested she take cover. She replied: "It would not do for the men to fight and starve, too."
Osborn was then at the decisive Battle of Yorktown, and she continued: "The drums continued beating, and all at once the officers hurrahed and swung their hats, and (Osborn) asked them, 'What is the matter now?'
"One of them replied, 'Are not you soldier enough to know what it means?'
"(Osborn) replied, 'No.'
"They then replied, 'The British have surrendered.'"
Talk about being there for an imortant event.
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