I've heard that Catholic John Barry told General Washington that he would take his men and leave if there was a Guy Fawkes celebration at Valley Forge. And Washington put a stop to it. However, Washington did have another Catholic, Colonel Fitzgerald, as an aide de camp, who may have helped get this point across.
I've heard that Catholic John Barry told General Washington that he would take his men and leave if there was a Guy Fawkes celebration at Valley Forge. And Washington put a stop to it. However, Washington did have another Catholic, Colonel Fitzgerald, as an aide de camp, who may have helped get this point across.
Washington and Fitzgerald issued this order in November 1775, two years before Valley Forge, during their encampment in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The order called the Guy Fawkes celebration "ridiculous and childish".
I've heard that Catholic John Barry told General Washington that he would take his men and leave if there was a Guy Fawkes celebration at Valley Forge. And Washington put a stop to it. However, Washington did have another Catholic, Colonel Fitzgerald, as an aide de camp, who may have helped get this point across.
Washington and Fitzgerald issued this order in November 1775, two years before Valley Forge, during their encampment in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The order called the Guy Fawkes celebration "ridiculous and childish".
Thanks. I figured if I had the details wrong someone would fix them. It was a real issue for a bit.