>Seems worth noting that Thomas Paine published his 1st ‘Common Sense’ pamphlet called ‘American Crisis’ on December 19, 1776.
"These are the times that try men’s souls; the summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of his country; but he that stands it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman. Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph."