George Washington resigns his Commission . December 23, 1783

Free Republic ^ | dec 23 2017 | Nateman

[Bigg Red]

Apologies for my triple posting. Don’t know how that happened.

[Bigg Red]

PS: I have had the honor of standing near where this event occurred at the State House in Annapolis, which is where the Continental Congress was convened at the time.

[jimtorr]

Any recommendations for a good biography, written for adults? Perhaps another suitable for today’s youth?

[Nateman]

And today the libtards want to teardown his statue.

They have to destroy the past, to make Americans ashamed of where Americans have been so the Socialist masterminds can precede in their evil reformation.

[Nateman]

Thank you for posting

Actually you can thank C19fan, his "Greatest day in U.S. history is all but forgotten" post is what prompted me to make sure my post went out on the anniversary day itself.

[Nateman]

Somebody tell McCain and a few other swamp creatures in DC.

Clearly someone with Washington's level of integrity is a very rare thing in history. There might be another great general who played a central role in world history who did what Washington or Cincinnati did but I can't think of one. Cato the Younger had incredible courage and integrity but he lost to a greater general: Julius Caesar. There was a play about Cato which legend says inspired Washington to his greatness.

[Yaelle]

Any recommendations for a good biography, written for adults? Perhaps another suitable for today’s youth?

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I’d like to see any response to this as well.

[Nateman]

Any recommendations for a good biography, written for adults?

John Marshall, The Life of George Washington. Not only written by another great man, the fourth Supreme Court Justice, it was published in 1838. Close enough in time to actually remember things from personal experiance yet far enough away to have a keen overview of what happened. Plus you can read it online for free!

[Nateman]

Divine intervention has played a role in shaping America’s destiny at every step.

Indeed. Christianity was the bedrock upon which America was built. It has become a victim of it’s own success. It’s birth of science and the abundance of the industrial revolution has given way to a fading of it’s spirit, replaced with a subjective sense that all cultures are equal and must be accepted equally. One alien culture in particular , Islam , is quite sure of itself as the only one that Allah will accept or permit. The outcome between such an unyielding force and fools willing to be shoved aside because they do not believe it is right to take a firm stand is taking place in Western Europe now.

[Nateman]

"A Republic, if you can keep it." Can we???

I use to think the decline was inevitable but Mark Levin convinced me otherwise. Ultimately it's religion which provides the consistent glue that binds people together through generations. It's clearly obvious now even a well written Constitution can't maintain the structure of a nation forever. It needs that transcendent sense of purpose and value that only religion can provide. I've been writing a work of fiction on the idea of a fictional religion that not only works comfortably with science it absolutely depends on it's discoveries for it's core values.

[Pharmboy]

When I pass on, there is at least this one key point that I have brought up my 5 children with (and they are adults now):
This country was founded upon the character of George Washington. And please teach this to your children.

[Nateman]

constantly slandered by the Obamas...

In this graphic I made, If you look closely at the figure under "Socialized Healthcare" you'll see a familar face.

[EvilCapitalist]

Washington The Indispensable Man by James Thomas Flexner.

[Nateman]

THE power which retains the bright spheres in their orbs,
    And a planet well known to us all;
The towering mount where the Gods did convene,
    When summon'd by Jupiter's call.

A meteor produc'd by refraction of light,
    The country for orators fam'd;
The city where stood the magnificent pile
    Which Hero status madly inflam'd.

A general, who fell at the siege of Quebec,
    And the ship that bold Jason convey'd;
A species of verse, by the ancients much us'd,
    First compos'd by the Lesbian maid.

An hero of Troy, for his valour renown'd;
    The isle where Ulysses had birth;
The patriarch who sail'd on the face of the deep
    When the waters had delug'd the earth.

The place where 'tis said that bright Phoebus stood still
    When the armies of Israel prevail'd,
And the straits where the valiant Leonidas fought
    When the forces of Persia assail'd.

The musician of old, who went down to the shades,
    And by music the furies restrain'd,
And the man, who new regions of science explor'd,
And the palm of philosophy gain'd.

The initials of these, if in order conjoin'd,
    The name of a HERO will give,
Whose virtues Columbian's will ever extoll,
    Whose praises for ever shall live.

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One of the things I like about this old stuff is investigating the pieces. For example the "Lesbian maid" is something completely different from the meaning one would think today.

[mairdie]

>>For example the "Lesbian maid" is something completely different from the meaning one would think today.

Oh, yes. Without a doubt.

Though the concept wasn't unknown. Remember that one of the famous Colonial governors used to appear in drag. And from one of Henry's poems:

Careless Philosopher's Soliloquy

I rise when I please, when I please I lie down
Nor seek, what I care not a rush for, renown:
The rattle call'd wealth I have learnt to despise
Nor aim to be either important or wise.

Let women & children & children-like men
Pursue the false trollop the world has called fame.
Who just as enjoyed, is instantly flown
And leaves disappointment the hag in her room.

If the world is content not to stand in my way
The world may jog on both by night & by day
Unimpeded by me - not a straw will I put
Where a dear fellow-creature uplifteth its foot.

While my conscience upbraids not, I'll rise and lye down
Nor envy a monarch his cares and his crown.

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I still remember going bonkers when I first started researching in this period because I kept having to translate strange symbols into familiar letters. Once I got past that, it was easier. But over and over again, I'd have to ask whatever professor I was then working with to translate bits of verbiage that was completely obscure. They almost always could.

Henry was big into these rebuses, and only one of his has been solved - and that only because he wrote out the solution. Both Don Foster and Mac Jackson went crazy assuming they could solve them and I think only Mac actually solved one entire one. What was assumed to be known in the culture then was so extremely different.

I tried doing the equivalent of crowd sourcing rebuses with Games in the Henry Livingston site, but didn't get very far with it.

[jimtorr]

A recommendation I got from a knowledgeable source offline is “Washington: A Life”, by Ron Chernow.