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🔍 Moments You Didn’t Know Changed History | The Fog That Saved the American Revolution

Mar 14, 2026
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In August 1776, George Washington’s army was trapped in Brooklyn by the British. Defeat seemed inevitable. But during a desperate nighttime evacuation across the East River, a dense fog rolled in — hiding the entire American retreat. By morning, Washington’s army had vanished. Sometimes history turns on something as simple as the weather.
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