It was Sept. 23, 1779. The American ship, named in honor of Founding Father Benjamin Franklin, was burning and tangled with the superior British ship. The British captain hailed the Americans, expecting a surrender; instead, the defiant words came back, “I have not yet begun to fight.”
Today in History: ‘I Have Not Yet Begun to Fight’
Today in History: ‘I Have Not Yet Begun to…
Today in History: ‘I Have Not Yet Begun to Fight’
It was Sept. 23, 1779. The American ship, named in honor of Founding Father Benjamin Franklin, was burning and tangled with the superior British ship. The British captain hailed the Americans, expecting a surrender; instead, the defiant words came back, “I have not yet begun to fight.”