It is December 1777. It is cold and the Continental Army is camped at Valley Forge. The French have decided to help the Americans in the Revolutionary War. I’ve been carrying the Marquis de Lafayette all day. He is a good friend of George Washington and he is also French. King Louis XVI. The horse next to me is carrying George Washington. He (George Washington) has been showing the Marquis around Valley Forge all day. We have seen soldiers doing drills, Baron Von Stueben training the Continental Army, and soldiers with only rags to keep them warm. They are living in tents and huts that don’t help keep the cold out. They are suffering but they don’t complain because they believe in what they are fighting for. FREEDOM. I hope that the French can help us gain freedom from the British.