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Washington Takes Command | |
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Season 1, Episode 11 | |
Air date | 9/16/2002 |
Written by | Bill Dial |
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Washington Takes Command is the eleventh episode of Liberty's Kids.
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- Historical Inaccuracy: A time skip occurs in the episode to December 1775, in which General Washington appeals to his men whose enlistments are up to stay and fight with him. Washington's speech is interrupted with the arrival of Colonel Henry Knox, who requests assistance moving 56 cannons from Fort Ticonderoga in upstate New York to Boston. Some of Washington's men decide to stay and assist Col. Knox in the event that would come to be known as the "noble train of artillery" (or the Knox Expedition), which actually began on November 17, 1775, and not December of that same year.
- Historical Inaccuracy: In the following scene, James decides to attend the Knox Expedition, leaving Sarah and Henri in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Once he has left, Sarah asks Henri if he would like to join her to visit some of the new recruits from Maine. Maine was not one of the original 13 Colonies; rather, it was formerly known as York County, Massachusetts until Massachusetts adopted its state government in 1780, thus creating the District of Maine to manage its eastern territories. Maine eventually achieved statehood in 1820, upon which all of the counties of the District of Maine became the counties of Maine.
- Historical characters deceased by the events of this episode: John Parker (DOD: September 17, 1775)
- Despite being the eleventh episode in the series, the events of this episode set it in April 1775, which puts the episode either right before or after The Shot Heard Round the World, but either way it would take place before the events of Green Mountain Boys, which takes place in May of that same year.
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Written by: Bill Dial
Executive Producers: Andy Heyward, Michael Maliani, Robby London