[Ditto]

"I fortunately escaped without any wound, for the right wing, where I stood, was exposed to and received all the enemy's fire, and it was the part where the man was killed, and the rest wounded. I heard the bullets whistle, and, believe me there is something charming in the sound."

G. Washington --- 1754 (On the skirmish against the French & Indians at Jumonville Glenn that started the war.)

The first of many times over the next 30 years when he would be under fire, yet never wounded.

[woofer]

George Washington would have been a FReeper.

"I fortunately escaped without any wound, for the right wing, where I stood,..."

[dsutah]

I read not long ago, that he kept a journal or diary on the conflict. He would never let it be published. He finally allowed a friend of his to read; but later he said to burn, or otherwise destroy it. The friend disobeyed him, and wrote a book, using some passages from it, after GW died. Of course, we wouldn't ever know GW's side of the events, if this man had 'obeyed' him!

[HenryLeeII]

The first of many times over the next 30 years when he [George Washington] would be under fire, yet never wounded.

Truly a man of Providence! He came through battles with numerous bullet holes through his coat, had multiple horses shot out from under him in a single battle; and even his "mistake" in opening fire on the French without provocation, initiated a series of events that led to the French losing their grip on the future U.S. and the American Revolution.