a patriot’s dream
The flag of fifty stars fluttered in the afternoon breeze within a dream, a sight that was both dumbfounding and awe-inspiring. When fourteen-year-old Caroline Johnson awoke from the dream in the Autumn of 1777, she became infused with hope, for it was the future she had just seen. Confidence grew within her that the tide of the war would soon turn, and she and her countrymen would win the brutal fight against the British Empire. That assurance, however, was soon tested by bitter loss, unforgiving winters, and cynical, weary soldiers she served with. Hope became thin and brittle, a thread she feared may break.