A Childhood Dream

The year was 1764, and Wrialle was ten years old. He was walking through the city streets with his parents.

He could not quite grasp how they were part of another country located on the other side of the ocean.

Wrialle himself and his parents were descended from English Puritans.

Yet, Wrialle dreamed of independence.

Twelve years later, independence became a reality. Wrialle even fought in the American Revolution.

During the roughly forty years he spent in Brazil and later, upon returning to the United States in his old age, he took pride in having helped secure the independence of his beloved nation.