Osborne: Perseverance has played important part in nation's history

Perseverance carried George Washington's troops through a tough winter at Valley Forge when they lost 2,000 of the 11,000 soldiers there because of a lack of food and clothing to stay warm.

“That was the low point of the war, but they saw it through,” said Tom Osborne, congressman from Nebraska's 3rd Congressional District and gubernatorial candidate, during his Veterans Day address Friday at Beatrice High School.

By sticking it out through the tough times, those soldiers won their independence he said.