Award-winning historical fiction authors Jenny L. Cote and Libby McNamee hosted Epic Patriot Camp 2023 with twenty-five campers aged 11-19 from fourteen states, D.C. and Australia. These epic young people assumed the identity of and researched a Patriot, British Loyalist or French Revolutionary character to write about seven key events from 1777-1779:

Battle of Brandywine, Battle of Saratoga, Valley Forge, Battle of Monmouth, Conway Cabal, Culper Spy Ring, and the French Alliance. Their featured characters include: *John André *Benedict Arnold *Edward Bancroft *George Blakey *Baron De Kalb *Patrick Ferguson *Benjamin Franklin *Horatio Gates *Nathanael Greene *Alexander Hamilton *Patrick Henry *Henry Knox *Lafayette *Charles Lee *George Washington *Martha Washington *Sir Henry Clinton *General Charles Cornwallis *General William Howe *King George III *Baron De Steuben *Banastre Tarleton *Benjamin Tallmadge *Comte De Vergennes *Anthony Wayne

This is their story, told in their words.