It is the same spirit that led 56Americans to pledge their lives, fortunes and sacred honor to each other in the cause of independence two and a half centuries ago. Catholics in the colonies flocked to join [the patriots], enlisting to fight for the patriots at a rate far exceeding their share of the population. In 1790, George Washington wrote to the Roman Catholics of America to thank them personally for the patriotic part which you took in. The accomplishments of the Revolution. (02:50–02:59)
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Asserts that Catholics enlisted to fight for the patriots at a rate exceeding their population share.
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