SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3) – Drivers who pass a Greene County sign are seeing a tribute to one of George Washington’s top generals. Greene County, Missouri, is named after Nathanael Greene.
Greene grew up in a strict Quaker home in Rhode Island. He clashed with his father over his hunger for books and learning. That curiosity, including reading about famous military leaders, helped turn him into the strategist many historians credit with helping win the war in the southern colonies.
But due to a childhood injury and a limp, his military career started off rough…