A Winter Worse Than Valley ForgeConstant Wonder • Season 2022, Episode 1233, Segment 1
Oct 19, 2021 • 35m
Valley Forge may be enshrined in American history, but it wasn't the worst winter of the Revolutionary War. In Morristown, 1779-80, temperatures hit a record low, desertions and starvations skyrocketed, and the British orchestrated a nefarious plot to kidnap George Washington.
Guest: William Hazelgrove, author of "Morristown: The Darkest Winter of the Revolutionary War and the Plot to Kidnap George Washington"