We were known as the Provision State. That's how George Washington thought about us, because we made a lot of stuff and grew a lot of things that the Revolutionary army needed desperately. The British took us on for that reason, destroyed a lot of our supply depots, including down in Danbury, early on. Then they were coming up through Ridgefield, Connecticut, early in the Revolution. And who was the celebrated American general who stopped the British in the Battle of Ridgefield, celebrated at the time? (25:28–25:38)
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Asserts that the British destroyed supply depots in Connecticut, including in Danbury, during the Revolutionary War.
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