IT WAS THE BEST OF TIMES, IT WAS THE WORST OF TIMES.
just kidding. but it was the revolutionary war. i'm talking about the battle at the guilford county courthouse in 1781.
after two years of cornwallis (british army) hot on his trail, nathaniel greene (us) stopped and gave him a battle at the courthouse. basically the americans attacked the oncoming british, the british fought back, many lives were lost. although greene was the one to retreat, the british lost 300 more men than the americans. this left his army tired and weak when they made their way up to virginia and their final battle where cornwallis eventually surrendered and the americans won their independence from britain.
and they all lived happily ever after.
just kidding again.
i think that it's a pretty important piece of history for greensboro and it can definitely be incorporated into the museum somehow. i'll be doing more research as to how to go about that.
source:http://www.britishbattles.com/battle-guilford.htm
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