The Greatest Adventure Ever Told???

Rating: 5/10 (8 May 2005)

The movie was fun but the facts were not. 56 men signed the Declaration of Independence (not 55) and suffered greatly for it. Over half lost their families and their lives. Wouldn't it be wonderful to have Hollywood tell their story and their courage, their faith, and their will to fight the greatest power on Earth at the time, the British Empire. Imagine General Washington at Valley Forge watching the British Army take comfort in their homes while they looked on from their unsheltered woods. The Revolutionary War lasted for eight long years to the day which started with the shot heard around the world at Lexington. Eighteen patriots lost their lives that day. After the war, the new country was Broke (if they had a secret national treasure they didn't know about it). For four years the new country struggled and couldn't agree on much and chaos was taking hold. It was Ben Franklin who spoke on the floor in that room in Philadelphia that spurred everyone to work to make this country great. Thomas Paine was the first to say the words "The United States of America." A young red haired lawyer named Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence. It is filled with faith and hope. Where did all these great men come from all at one time? It is truly one of the greatest adventures ever.