00:15that's foreign the way it
00:29life goes my own eyes i'm searching for
00:53never give up you represent america
01:02how can i see it any other way
01:17today on liberty's kids
01:20the peace died on the greens of
01:22lexington and concord it was murdered
01:24again at bunker hill there is no peace
01:27in the hearts and minds of the countless
01:29thousands who have been forced to
01:31swallow the vile brew of british tyranny
01:34if you insist on war you shall have it
01:37massachusetts is free to fight england
01:38until the moon falls into the sea but
01:41she will fight alone
01:58dr franklin continues to dazzle me in
02:00these troubled times when so many people
02:02are nervous or angry or frightened dr
02:06franklin's resolve is reassuring
02:10good morning gather round we have a busy
02:12week ahead of us and i have a special
02:14mission for each of you the delegates
02:16are arriving for the second continental
02:18congress great the gazette will cover
02:20congress from gavel to gavel i won't
02:23miss a thing perhaps not but you missed
02:27not yet james henry the delegates will
02:29need fresh water keep the buckets filled
02:33i've been thinking dr franklin how about
02:35a story on our own delegate mr dickinson
02:37hold your horses james sarah i want you
02:40and moses to greet colonel george
02:42washington when he arrives from virginia
02:44assist him in whatever he may need
02:46this colonel washington must be
02:49during the french and indian war he
02:51saved many lives i expect big things
02:54from him in congress i'll get my shawl
02:58that leaves me what do you have in mind
03:00sir maybe i could talk to this colonel
03:02washington no james no journalist will
03:05be allowed in the hall no journalists
03:08but the delegates are here to deal with
03:10life and death matters they'll need to
03:12voice their opinions freely privately
03:14then what in the world am i supposed to
03:16do someone has to look after the
03:18delegates horses horses
03:22you may need a bigger broom
03:24you may need a shovel
03:39i can't believe my luck the biggest
03:41story in the world is right here in
03:43philadelphia and i'm stuck babysitting a
03:45bunch of dumb horses
03:51i thought his name was sam adams that's
03:54his cousin john adams is the smartest
03:56lawyer in new england let's find out
03:58what he's up to a leader is what we need
04:01what about zees i'm sure mr adams and
04:04the others are thirsty after their long
04:05journeys now get going
04:09i'm going to nominate colonel washington
04:11he's the perfect man to head the new
04:13continental army why not your own mr
04:15hancock i know he has designs on the top
04:18impossible washington is the only hero
04:21we have the only man the whole country
04:23will support will new england accept a
04:25virginian a southern man is exactly what
04:28we need otherwise the revolution will
04:30remain new england's war
04:35ben who is this a french small fry henry
04:45hold your horses lad
04:47james is supposed to hold the horses i'm
04:50the water boy come on henry i have to
04:53find out what's happening that bell
04:54means congress is about to start
04:57but ben franklin said no journalists am
05:00i to understand that you're a journalist
05:03james hiller pennsylvania gazette it's a
05:06pleasure to meet a fellow newspaper man
05:09you're a newspaper man too
05:11paul wentworth's the name i understand
05:13your little friend here has a ticket
05:15into the hall ticket i've got a bucket
05:20two of them and i've got a pocketful of
05:23coins for every scrap of news you bring
05:25out with your empty buckets coins
05:29wait a second dr franklin said we can't
05:32print anything until after congress is
05:34over and dr franklin is right we
05:37wouldn't want to do anything to hurt the
05:40exactly however james someday it will be
05:43up to newspaper men like us to tell the
05:45people what went on and we can't do that
05:48without facts can we no we can't facts
05:51are everything if you want to make it in
05:54this business you have to go where the
05:56action is are you game james how many
05:58coins are we talking about
06:01quiet henry this is between a couple of
06:03newspaper men isn't that right paul
06:06that's a fact james that's a fact
06:22pardon me i'm a stranger to your fair
06:24city is this where colonel washington is
06:26staying yes sir but he's just now
06:39such poor workmanship on this coach
06:46allow me to be of service colonel my
06:48name is moses who's your master moses
06:52i'm a freed man sir in the employ of dr
06:57i'll have your coach fixed good as new
07:00apparently our english cousins have
07:02contempt for us they've turned the
07:04colonies into a dumping ground for all
07:07the shoddy goods they themselves would
07:10moses will fix it sir he's very talented
07:14and who are you young lady sarah
07:17phillips my lordship that isn't
07:18necessary miss phillips
07:20i'm not a lord i'm just a citizen like
07:24i beg your pardon your lord colonel
07:28dr franklin has sent us to assist you
07:30excellent i look forward to seeing the
07:34moses the future is in the hands of men
07:37such as yourself homegrown craftsmen the
07:40job is yours it will be an honor sir the
07:53chair recognizes the delegate from
07:55pennsylvania colony mr dickinson
07:58gentlemen hear me clearly there are
08:00still those of us who believe in a
08:02peaceful resolve to this conflict we are
08:05brothers england and america surely
08:07there is another course short of all-out
08:09war the peace died on the greens of
08:12lexington and concord it was murdered
08:14again at bunker hill there is no peace
08:17in the hearts and minds of the countless
08:19thousands who have been forced to
08:20swallow the vile brew of british tyranny
08:23mr adams you spit fire well but the
08:26king's guns spit lead you will lead us
08:29down the path to ruin and you sir will
08:32lead us down the path to slavery
08:36if you insist on war you shall have it
08:39but it will be new england's war mr
08:41adams massachusetts is free to fight
08:43england until the moon falls into the
08:45sea but she will fight alone
09:00the chair recognizes the distinguished
09:02gentleman from philadelphia dr benjamin
09:07friends i remind you that we lack not in
09:10great talkers but great doers i find
09:13myself in agreement with mr adams
09:16war is upon us like it or not our great
09:19comfort is that we honestly and
09:21faithfully did everything in our power
09:23to prevent it but war is here on our
09:26doorstep whether our doorstep be in
09:31forgive me my voice grows hoarse
09:36cold water dr franklin notebook
09:42not my pencil please
09:46i hate to nag you but i know i know
09:55ah mr hiller what have you learned
09:58i learned that when ben franklin says no
10:00journalists he means no journalist he
10:03took my notebook and my pencil gangway
10:06coming through what's the hurry young
10:10some adams just kicked the bucket
10:12sam adams is dead hey no he kicked my
10:16bucket spilled water everywhere what a
10:19mess i can't believe this i'm stuck out
10:22here while the story of the century is
10:23in there it is a conundrum isn't it
10:26conundrum a problem forgive me you're
10:30new to the newspaper game but don't feel
10:32bad someday when you are real
10:35newspaperman you'll know big words like
10:37conundrum i am too a real newspaper man
10:41indeed but do you have the fire in the
10:44belly to do whatever it takes to get the
10:46story my belly's on fire you tell me
10:49what facts you want mr wentworth and
10:50i'll get him good excellent let's start
10:54with what they're up to in there is
10:56congress going to raise an army who will
10:59lead the army the facts james we must
11:02have the facts i'm on it who what why
11:05where when and how if you got a pencil
11:09much obliged here goes
11:14hmm you think a congressman wouldn't be
11:32fact one this isn't going to be easy
11:35i must know what's going on in there
11:37enough of this tomfoolery we tried it
11:52it certainly is an exciting time to be
11:54in philadelphia the city is alive with
11:57interesting new people exciting and
12:01mixed among the delegates to the second
12:03continental congress are spies
12:05we all have to watch our tongues
12:12drill coming right up
12:21he's at mr rodney's desk who's rodney
12:25caesar rodney he's the head man in the
12:27colony of delaware what he says goes i'm
12:30surprised you haven't heard of him
12:31haven't you written about him in your
12:32newspaper oh that's caesar rodney of
12:38what's happening now
12:41dr franklin has the floor
12:43there are two voices here
12:46one seeks reconciliation with england
12:48the other seeks independence i address
12:52it was parliament remember which has
12:54doomed our country to destruction they
12:57have begun to burn our towns and murder
13:00look upon their hands
13:02the fault lies not with mr adams the
13:05fault lies in london dr franklin has
13:08finished speaking i don't see henry okay
13:13oh this is good john hancock he's with
13:15john hancock i don't believe it hancock
13:18is not only talking to andre he's
13:20actually writing it down for him
13:25if congress does not take over the army
13:27at boston soon it will disintegrate all
13:31hope will be lost the time has come we
13:34must have a general today
13:36gentlemen i think the solution is
13:39john hancock is my nominee to lead our
13:41new national army mr payne you flatter
13:45but we also have a gentleman available
13:47of impeccable credentials
13:49a southerner colonel charles henry lee
13:53who was born in england and who would be
13:55perfectly happy to be there now the man
13:58we are looking for is among us and he is
14:02a southerner from virginia
14:04i nominate as general of the colonial
14:08colonel george washington
14:18i lost on ree he's so little he vanished
14:21when colonel washington stood up to
14:22speak colonel washington is speaking
14:28there he is look at him go we must have
14:33anriya's news come on
14:43excuse me a boy just ran in here about
14:48there you are where are your notes i've
14:51been watching you you've been doing
14:54how with the spyglass you've got a
14:57spyglass oh let me see it
15:00james wouldn't it be better to discuss
15:02this outside um yes of course come on
15:12stop it that's tickles
15:15if you got everything down on paper i'll
15:17be tickled what does it say is that
15:19french i get coins for this right of
15:22course i'm a man of my word okay voila
15:26here's what i found out john adams wants
15:29poultry pulled poultry what oh you know
15:32not poultry cut in slices but pulled
15:34from zaboon sam adams wants beef unless
15:37it's too well done then he wants mutton
15:40oh here's something strange john adams
15:43won't eat mutton because it's a favorite
15:45british food let me see that
15:48john hancock potato soup he's got a bad
15:51tooth you were getting lunch orders i
15:54can't believe you messed this up sam
15:56adams is the one who messed it up he
15:58spilled ink all over my lunch order oh
16:04what are these i've never seen coins
16:06like this they're greek very old older
16:09than hercules the two slits in each coin
16:11enabled the ancient greeks to string
16:13them on chains and wear them around
16:14their neck for safe keeping oh thanks
16:18if you want any more facts i'll get them
16:20myself you failed me both of you and the
16:23only reason i paid you is i'm a man of
16:29how could you do this to me mr wentworth
16:31is an important newspaper man he
16:33publishes a paper i've never heard of
16:35and you made me look like like like a
16:40that's it i'll get the facts myself and
16:42make everything right with mr wentworth
16:44i'll help i'd like to get more of these
16:48hey those are mine you're back to being
16:50a water boy this is a job for a
16:52newspaper man not a newspaper boy
16:56who's the water boy now
17:07james what are you doing here nothing
17:11this whole day has been a big waste what
17:13are you doing here delivering colonel
17:15washington's coach where is henry i
17:18don't care what's wrong hmm i had a
17:21chance to impress an important newspaper
17:23publisher from new hampshire mr
17:25wentworth but i came up empty wentworth
17:29i don't know any wentworth who publishes
17:31a paper in new hampshire
17:32well he is who he says he is he even
17:34paid us he's a man of his word see for
17:37yourself those aren't coins silly
17:42i've sewed buttons like those in my
17:44father's uniforms these buttons were
17:46minted three years ago by king george to
17:49decorate the coats of gentlemen invited
17:51to the king's birthday party are you
17:53sure of course i'm sure
17:56whoever your mr wentworth is he must be
17:58a close friend of king george
18:02i have an idea quick a pencil
18:08my presence here will stifle free
18:11since my appointment is the issue at
18:13hand i will retire to allow you to speak
18:24i received your note in my boarding
18:26house you have facts
18:27i interviewed the delegates every single
18:29one of them it took me all night to
18:31track them down it's all there the size
18:33of the new national army what general
18:35hancock plans to do to drive the
18:37redcoats out of boston it's the biggest
18:39story of the year i told you i get the
18:42facts and i'm a man of my word i must go
18:45i have to write my story and get it back
18:47to my paper you're our first-rate
18:49newspaperman james hiller well done
18:53and you're a rotten spy
19:08if my guess is right mr wentworth is
19:11reporting to someone the question is who
19:18eight men could fit in this we need to
19:27i want to get closer i'll go with you
19:31hunry take moses tool pouch we'll meet
19:38hancock will be the general of the
19:40colonial army john hancock the rumor is
19:43it's washington the rumor is wrong they
19:46put the washington story out to mislead
19:48us hancock will lead the rebel army and
19:51his plans call for a march on rhode
19:53island you trust your sauce a gullible
19:56child he spilled the beans a stupid boy
19:59typical colonial grand ideas no
20:02schooling easily duped excellent let's
20:18that was frightfully awkward for a while
20:21wasn't it i was a fool i wanted so badly
20:25to be a big shot journalist i almost
20:27gave away secrets to the enemy but you
20:29outsmarted them you're british how does
20:32that make you feel if colonel washington
20:34is announced as general of the army
20:37word will get to the british soon enough
20:39and that man who deceived you and henry
20:41will look like a fool
20:43i can live with that look
20:58i'm wearing silk garments my suit will
21:19you know i don't ask you for one moment
21:21to surrender your hope for a peaceful
21:23resolve to these problems thank you i do
21:26pray for that the only hope the colonies
21:29have to avoid all-out war is in the
21:31strength of our army and the strength of
21:33our resolve i like general washington
21:36i hope the great men of this congress
21:38work as hard to find peace as general
21:40washington does to prepare the army for
21:42war that will depend on parliament you
21:45know sarah if things get too
21:47uncomfortable we will find a way to get
21:50thank you dr franklin
21:56and on the issue of general of the
21:59we call upon george washington i accept
22:02this momentous duty because this
22:04congress desires it i beg it be
22:07remembered by every gentleman in this
22:09room that i this day declare with utmost
22:12sincerity i do not think myself equal to
22:16the command i am honored with
22:23dear mother this is the first time i
22:26have felt that i am in fact living
22:28events which will be remembered by other
22:31i remain with a confused heart i pray
22:34for peace but fear we are heading
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