Revolutionary's Tears
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Complete Sun, Mar 25, 20188m
Entry for Historical Fiction's #ASnapshotInTime contest.
He was one of those who dreamed of a better America.
He was one of those who longed for peace and independence.
He was one of those bodies on the number of deaths we mostly ignored.
A young lad who wished the same as his family and people enlisted to become a Patriot. He underwent training on camps and has a skill as a shooter but will this be enough to survive the battlefield?
A peek on a soldier's thoughts as he goes to face the British army while a worried mother waited at home.
*Highest ranking - #208 on Historical Fiction (03/31/2018)
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