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iciHaiti - 242nd Independence : The American Ambassador evokes the Battle of Savannah 04/07/2018 08:10:17
"[...] For our visitors tonight, I’d like to note that in 1779, more than 500 recruits departed from the port of St Marc, 100 km from here, to fight alongside American colonial troops against the British Army during the siege of Savannah. We will always be indebted to this brave regiment; these brave Haitians were a key part of the effort to win American independence. Someday I hope to get to Franklin Square in Savannah to see the Haitian monument statue marking this important historical event for myself! By the way, the Battle of Savannah was not the only battle of our revolutionary war in which brave Haitians were involved; a fleet from what was then Saint Domingue also supported our American forefathers in a battle that took place at Lynwood Harbor off the coast of Florida in 1781 [...]" IH/ iciHaiti
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