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Revisiting one of America's greatest losses in the Revolutionary War

CBS News · August 27, 2026 at 6:55 PM

Thursday marks 250 years since George Washington's Continental Army suffered a brutal defeat at the Battle of Brooklyn.

Lindsay Chervinsky, executive director of the George Washington Presidential Library, joins "The Takeout" to discuss how that loss ultimately led to America's triumph in the Revolutionary War.

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Revisiting one of America's greatest losses in the Revolutionary War

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