This tract began with the famous words, "these are the times that try men's souls, the summer soldier and the sunshine Patriot will in this crisis shrink from the service of his country, but he that stands it now deserves the love and thanks of man and woman"(Kashatus 2). On the afternoon of December 24th, 1776, George Washington and his men were on the western banks of the Delaware River. ... In the late evening of December 24th, Washington assembled his men and read the "American Crisis" to them. ...

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After his service in the British Army Daniel Morgan returned to his work and bought a house in Winchester. ... When the battle was launched on the morning of December 31 the Americans attacked in two groups one commanded by Montgomery and the other by Arnold. ... Then in June of 1780 General Gates urged him to reenter the service, but he declined. ... He was later recalled into national service to lead militia units to suppress the Whiskey revolution. ... He was constantly recalled and asked to rejoin the armed services after he resigned. ...

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The Treaty of Ghent was signed on December 24, 1814 and established the status quo ante bellum, which means that the previously existing boundaries between the US and the British were the same as they were before the war. ... Desperate for sailors to man their warships, British captains increasingly boarded American ships and "impressed" sailors into service, claiming that the merchant seamen were deserters from the Royal Navy. ...

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