David Wright was 12 years old in 1775. He was the oldest of six children, then living. His baby brother, Liberty, was born in 1774 and died before his first birthday.
On April 19th, his father left early that morning from Groton to march to Concord to stand with the militia there. His mother is the amazing part of this story. I’ll share that in another post.
But the point of this card is that the kids stories were inspiring in their own right.
Many, many of them were old enough to watch the battle on the Green. They even knew the people killed and wounded there.
You see Joanna’s story on the right. A little girl, watching as they bring the dead back through town. A horrifying scene.
Even the kids paid a price for Liberty. And yet, David Wright went on to fight in the Continental Army. And I suspect Joanna truly knew the cost of Freedom.