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  • George Washington: The Indispensable Man

    02/19/2024 12:49:12 PM PST · by Retain Mike · 13 replies
    George Washington: The Indispensable Man | 1969 | James Thomas Flexner
    “The commander in chief expressed ‘disapprobation of such disorderly proceedings’ (ad hoc mass meeting of officers) as the illegally called meeting. He summoned a meeting of his own for the following Saturday, March 15, 1783. This was probably the most important single gathering ever held in the United States. Supposing, as seemed only too possible, Washington should fail to prevent military intervention in civil government?
  • It's George Washington's Birthday

    02/19/2024 6:24:24 AM PST · by Rummyfan · 45 replies
    Don Surber Substack ^ | 19 Feb 2024 | Don Surber
    He was the greatest American. Don't settle for less.“First in war, first in peace and first in the hearts of his countrymen. He was second to none in the humble and endearing scenes of private life; pious, just, humane, temperate and sincere; uniform, dignified and commanding, his example was as edifying to all around him, as were the effects of that example lasting.“To his equals he was condescending; to his inferiors kind; and to the dear object of his affections exemplarily tender: Correct throughout, vice shuddered in his presence, and virtue always felt his fostering hand; the purity of his...
  • 200-Year-Old George Washington Painting Thieved From Colorado Storage Facility, Police Say

    02/15/2024 7:29:05 AM PST · by george76 · 22 replies
    Daily Caller News Foundation ^ | February 14, 2024 | Fiona McLoughlin
    A 200-year-old painting of George Washington was stolen from a Colorado storage unit in January.. The Englewood Police Department (EPD) received a call Jan. 22 about the theft of the “historical painting” from a storage facility, but they believe the theft occurred two weeks earlier on Jan 10 ... “The painting is of our first president, George Washington, and was created in the early 1800s... The approximate size of the piece is 24 inches by 30 inches, measured in a gold-colored frame. The value is undisclosed and hard to estimate due to its historical significance,” ... Police told the outlet...
  • Revolutionary find near Yorktown

    08/15/2010 7:36:07 AM PDT · by Pharmboy · 32 replies · 1+ views
    Virginia Gazette ^ | August 14, 2010 | Amanda Kerr
    A digital sonar image of a different vessel on the floor of the York River. Shipwreck may date to 1781 siege YORK — Two years ago a sonar company in Gloucester was testing equipment in the York River when the crew hit the jackpot: an uncharted shipwreck on the river bottom. “That was quite a surprise,” said David Hazzard, an archaeologist with the Virginia Department of Historic Resources. The area where the ship was found is well-documented. There have previously been nine documented shipwrecks in the York River associated with the Revolutionary War and the Siege at Yorktown. Seven ships...
  • Fanfare as replica frigate sails to US [Video]

    04/19/2015 4:06:16 AM PDT · by WhiskeyX · 7 replies
    BBC ^ | 2015-04-19 | BBC
    A replica of an 18th century French warship has set sail from France for the United States.
  • Greg Kelly: Colorado ruling is a 'political vendetta' against Trump

    12/19/2023 8:40:42 PM PST · by conservative98 · 15 replies
    Newsmax ^ | 52 minutes ago 12/19/23
    Greg Kelly weighs in on Colorado eliminating former President Donald Trump from the presidential election ballot, reads the ruling from the case in Colorado, rips apart NYC Mayor Eric Adams, and more on NEWSMAX.
  • Thanksgiving Proclamation by George Washington

    11/23/2023 10:46:24 AM PST · by little jeremiah · 33 replies
    Historical records ^ | October 3 1789 | George Washington
    By the President of the United States of America. a Proclamation. Whereas it is the duty of all Nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey his will, to be grateful for his benefits, and humbly to implore his protection and favor—and whereas both Houses of Congress have by their joint Committee requested me “to recommend to the People of the United States a day of public thanksgiving and prayer to be observed by acknowledging with grateful hearts the many signal favors of Almighty God especially by affording them an opportunity peaceably to establish a form of government...
  • In 1837, George Washington's Remains Were Disinterred. Here's What Was in the Casket.

    10/31/2023 1:19:15 PM PDT · by SunkenCiv · 26 replies
    YouTube ^ | October 23, 2023 | Ronald S. Coddington, Life on the Civil War Research Trail
    Almost four decades after the death of George Washington, a beautiful new marble sarcophagus was donated to replace the deteriorating original. On Oct. 7, 1837, family and friends gathered at the vault on the grounds of Mount Vernon for the installation. During the process, Washington's inner wooden coffin was found in poor condition. Part of the lead lining was pulled back to reveal the head and chest of the Father of Our Country. Here's a description from a private letter in the collection of the George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon.This episode is brought to you in part by...
  • John Peter Muhlenberg: Major-General, Congressman, Senator & Pastor; with his Pastor brother Frederick-First Speaker of U.S. House

    10/02/2023 5:59:35 PM PDT · by Perseverando · 6 replies
    American Minute ^ | October 02, 2023 | Bill Federer
    "For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven," preached Rev. John Peter Muhlenberg, from the book of Ecclesiastes 3:1. He closed his message by saying: "In the language of the Holy Writ, there is a time for all things. There is a time to preach and a time to fight. And now is the time to fight." John Peter Gabriel Muhlenberg was a 30 year old member of the Virginia House of Burgesses, who was also a pastor. At the end of his sermon, January 21, 1776, John Peter Muhlenberg threw off his clerical...
  • New York City Considering Removing Statues of George Washington, Others

    09/19/2023 6:36:38 PM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 20 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 09/19/2023 | Hannah Bleau
    New York City is considering a measure that would essentially remove statues of Founding Fathers such as George Washington, all while facing a migrant crisis costing taxpayers billions. According to a list found in New York City’s council agenda for Tuesday, September 19, officials will consider a bill that would:
  • On This Day: Fog Saved Washington's Army

    08/29/2023 6:42:39 AM PDT · by DFG · 11 replies
    The Manhattan ^ | 08/29/2023 | Jane Hampton Cook
    Today is the 247th anniversary of the mysterious, Providential fog that covered the evacuation of the Continental Army from Long Island to Manhattan in 1776. The term Providence was very common in this era. The president of Princeton College, John Witherspoon, defined Providence as the operation of God’s presence. After the evacuation on August 29, 1776, one soldier sent a report to a Boston newspaper that said: “Providence favored us. The night was remarkably still. The water as smooth as glass, so that our boats got all over. At sunrise a great fog came up. The enemy did not discover...
  • Biden’s America: Isaac Yoder Sentenced to One Year in Prison and $1,570 Fine After He Walked Inside US Capitol on January 6 Dressed as George Washington

    08/27/2023 4:33:27 PM PDT · by Macho MAGA Man · 55 replies
    The Gateway Pundit ^ | August 27, 2023 | Jim Hoft
    Back in August 2021 The Gateway Pundit reported on the arrest of Isaac Yoder. The FBI stalked Yoder for 7 months and then arrested him in a small Missouri town where he works as a locksmith. The FBI finally arrested Isaac in Nevada, Missouri this week after months of investigating him and tracking him down in rural Missouri. Isaac Yoder dressed as Founding Father George Washington on January 6 and walked inside the US Capitol where he was seen talking with police before he exited the building. Isaac Yoder was sentenced to a year in prison and a $1,570 fine...
  • July 4, 2023 and the Battle Rages

    07/04/2023 5:56:05 AM PDT · by george76 · 3 replies
    Bull Elephant Media ^ | July 4, 2023 | Michael Giere
    “Every spot of the old world is overrun with oppression. Freedom hath been hunted round the globe. Asia, and Africa, have long expelled her. Europe regards her like a stranger, and England hath given her warning to depart. O! receive the fugitive, and prepare in time an asylum for mankind.” Thomas Paine, Common Sense. July 4, 2023, finds the American Founding and its constitutional order under intense and coordinated attack by an assorted mob of radical academics, Marxists, communists, anarchists, anti-capitalists, globalists, and the digital super-elite poised to claim their own superpower status among the world’s powers. The reason these...
  • Standing in awe of George Washington, American Cincinnatus

    07/03/2023 2:05:58 PM PDT · by george76 · 17 replies
    American Institute for Economic Research ^ | July 03, 2023 | Nikolai G. Wenzel
    his 4th of July marks the 247th anniversary of American Independence. 2023 marks two other important events: the 240th anniversary of George Washington’s resignation as the Continental Army’s commander and the 230th anniversary of his first and only presidential reelection. American Independence was just the beginning of the nation’s liberty. The decisions of one man, Washington himself, could have torpedoed the entire project; his greatest contribution to US governance was setting the precedent, and creating the custom that kept politicians from concentrating institutional powers upon themselves. In light of his other contributions, it is easy to take George Washington’s humility...
  • Washington and Trump, The Indispensable Men

    04/19/2023 1:33:00 PM PDT · by Brown Deer · 1 replies
    American Thinker ^ | April 19, 2023 | Al Bienenfeld
    Like George Washington before him, Donald Trump made it clear that he would not pursue a war detrimental to our nation. This is contrary to the Biden administration’s comfort with the potential for massive death and destruction if they further their political objectives. Unlike his political opponents in the Democrat and Republican parties, Donald Trump is very serious about the dangers that Americans face. Like Churchill in the mid-1930s, who repeatedly warned Great Britain and the world about Adolph Hitler and was ignored, Trump is the only one speaking about the Russo-China threat to our nation. Who else can lead...
  • DeSantis says Trump should've given up power like George Washington after election loss and January 6: Florida Gov. takes a dig at rival for trying to overturn the election instead of acting like a Founding Father

    03/22/2023 9:37:01 PM PDT · by mbrfl · 211 replies
    Daily Mail ^ | March 22, 2023 | Geoff Earle
    For the first time, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has criticized former President Donald Trump for refusing to concede power following the 2020 election – in a generalized comment referencing events more than 200 years ago. DeSantis, who condemned rioters inside the Capitol where he once served, but has said little about Trump's push to have courts and allies toss out the results, made remarks during an interview with Piers Morgan, where he also blasted Trump administration chaos.
  • George Washington: The Indispensable Man

    02/21/2023 11:46:56 AM PST · by Retain Mike · 18 replies
    self | Feburary 21, 2023 | Self
    George Washington was truly the “Indispensable Man”. He commanded a consistently ragged, underfed, seldom paid, often mutinous amalgam of regulars and militia through over eight years of war. Toward the end after Yorktown in October 1781, his officers were determined to confront the Continental Congress with a list of truly legitimate, morally imperative grievances this body had ignored.Washington opposed this initiative, which for him was brought into sharp focus by publication in 1775 of the first volume of Edward Gibbon’s Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. He foresaw in this undertaking an outcome similar to generals leading legions marching...
  • Japanese Historian from 1845 Describes Life of George Washington + Foundation of USA

    02/20/2023 9:48:10 AM PST · by thecodont · 3 replies
    Voices of the Past via YouTube ^ | Sep 19, 2020 | Voices of the Past
    Here is a very interesting video of the founding of our country, and our first President, George Washington, from the perspective of a Japanese historian. Happy Washington's Birthday!
  • Is this really it? (re: possible Obama's Kenyan B.C. - Attny Taitz) Click on the link

    08/02/2009 1:35:53 AM PDT · by rxsid · 12,639 replies · 468,211+ views
    orlytaitzesq.com ^ | 8/2/2009 | rxsid
    <p>Attorney Taitz filed a NOTICE OF MOTION AND MOTION to Expedite authentication, MOTION for Issuance of Letters Rogatory for authenticity of Kenyan birth certificate filed by Plaintiff Alan Keyes PhD.</p> <p>Barry's Kenyan B.C.??</p> <p>Possible Malware Warning! 2009-08-05 The Orly Taitz website is currently compromised. It contains a hidden iframe that links to a Chinese malware site (security-alerts.cn.) I strongly suggest that you disable all JavaScript before visiting. The exploit was NOT detected by Norton AntiVirus 2009 nor AVG (both with current definitions)! It's fresh, folks. Beware!</p>
  • American History: Meet Slave, American Hero, and Patriot Spy James Armistead Lafayette

    01/17/2023 6:34:32 AM PST · by SeekAndFind · 8 replies
    PJ Media ^ | 01/17/2023 | Catherine Salgado
    Today is Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, which leftists now love to exploit to push critical race theory and pretend they honor the black heroes of American history. But in my research of recent years, I discovered dozens of black American heroes whose courage and sacrifice shaped this country and who are barely known at all. James Armistead Lafayette went from being a slave to being one of the best spies working for the Americans during the American Revolution. Armistead Lafayette outwitted British commander Gen. Cornwallis and provided George Washington vital information that contributed to the victory at the Battle...