Unearthing Putnam's past

Stone walls deep in the Connecticut woods are commonplace -- proof of how long people have been living on the land here, and how, a couple of centuries ago, today's forest was pasture.

[Tom W]

"I hate New England,'' said Lora Proietti, "It's no fun to dig in." "It's mud" "It's awful"

Sounds like the students were perfectly reenacting the misery experienced by Putnam's troops in 1778. How about a little cheese to go with that Colonial whine!