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this is a nephew of george washington. his sister possibilities son who looked a lot like george washington, multiple people said that. that is kind of an interesting note there. he was pursuing nelly. she initially wasn't interested. and then there is a chance they will be a war with france. lawrence get the military appointment. when nelly realizes he might leave, suddenly she is like yes, i would like to marry you. george washington is delighted by this. promises to give them a piece of land out of his mount vernon estate where they can build a house. he is just delighted to have nelly stay within the family circle here. he says because she is marrying into my family, we are still recognizing her as the adopted daughter and lawrence as his blood relative that this is strengthening the ties that he has with her at this point. quickly his grandchildren and women were positioned to be leading figures. was this a liberty about politics? money? power? >> that is an interesting question. it differs a little bit for each of th
this is a nephew of george washington. his sister possibilities son who looked a lot like george washington, multiple people said that. that is kind of an interesting note there. he was pursuing nelly. she initially wasn't interested. and then there is a chance they will be a war with france. lawrence get the military appointment. when nelly realizes he might leave, suddenly she is like yes, i would like to marry you. george washington is delighted by this. promises to give them a piece of land...
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how tall was george washington? well, if we listen to some biography, he was 63 or maybe six four in the house inches that the max figure was able to attract the house six four and a half inches, and then come on, he's sending out incredibly detailed letters to his purveyors and tailors. and you don't write to your tailor, do you? so, yeah. and what did he write this tailors? well, yes. okay. the there are many letters. and in some it says, well, you know, and i should you take my measurement, you have to bear in mind that i am six foot two in my shoes, which means that in the 18th century, shoes had heels. so and then other letters says that he writes, they send out to his tailor, says, well, i am full, six foot tall. so i think i think that gives us a essential clue to from where we should start. okay. maybe he wasn't he was that athletic, muscular giant that some biographers want him to become, not only because it wasn't like that, but because he would have no, sorry, he wouldn't have known what to do with that k
how tall was george washington? well, if we listen to some biography, he was 63 or maybe six four in the house inches that the max figure was able to attract the house six four and a half inches, and then come on, he's sending out incredibly detailed letters to his purveyors and tailors. and you don't write to your tailor, do you? so, yeah. and what did he write this tailors? well, yes. okay. the there are many letters. and in some it says, well, you know, and i should you take my measurement,...
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how tall was george washington? well, if we listen to some biography, he was 63 or maybe six four in the house inches that the max figure was able to attract the house six four and a half inches, and then come on, he's sending out incredibly detailed letters to his purveyors and tailors. and you don't write to your tailor, do you? so, yeah. and what did he write this tailors? well, yes. okay. the there are many letters. and in some it says, well, you know, and i should you take my measurement, you have to bear in mind that i am six foot two in my shoes, which means that in the 18th century, shoes had heels. so and then other letters says that he writes, they send out to his tailor, says, well, i am full, six foot tall. so i think i think that gives us a essential clue to from where we should start. okay. maybe he wasn't he was that athletic, muscular giant that some biographers want him to become, not only because it wasn't like that, but because he would have no, sorry, he wouldn't have known what to do with that k
how tall was george washington? well, if we listen to some biography, he was 63 or maybe six four in the house inches that the max figure was able to attract the house six four and a half inches, and then come on, he's sending out incredibly detailed letters to his purveyors and tailors. and you don't write to your tailor, do you? so, yeah. and what did he write this tailors? well, yes. okay. the there are many letters. and in some it says, well, you know, and i should you take my measurement,...
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who is like george washington more? biden isn't even stepping on the battlefield hurt his lazy campaign is all lawyers and lies. biden stole your freedom. he fired the nonvaccinated and censored you on line 30 spied on you and open the country to 500 mystery men from god knows where. biden is no george washington. that is somebody who is like george hamilton. congressional candidate and retired green beret. joe, we will be hearing this democracy thing for the next year. do think it will stick? >> no, i really don't. when you hear the democrats especially biden talking about of protecting our democracy on gentry six and all that it's because they have nothing else to talk about. they want to divert from their failing record. if you go out and talk to people in my district or throughout the country, what they. concerned about is the inflation stealing wages, concerned with the millions of illegal immigrants and the fentanyl pumped into the country to kill every american multiple times over. that is what concerns every day
who is like george washington more? biden isn't even stepping on the battlefield hurt his lazy campaign is all lawyers and lies. biden stole your freedom. he fired the nonvaccinated and censored you on line 30 spied on you and open the country to 500 mystery men from god knows where. biden is no george washington. that is somebody who is like george hamilton. congressional candidate and retired green beret. joe, we will be hearing this democracy thing for the next year. do think it will stick?...
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general george washington knew he faced the most daunting of tasks, to fight and win a war against theost powerful empire in the world at the time. especially when it was clear liberty, not conquest, freedom, not domination, independence, not individual glory. america made a vow, never again would we bow down to a king. months ahead would be incredibly difficult. but general washington knew something in his bones, something about the spirit of the troops he was leading, something about the soul of the nation. he was -- it was struggling to be born. in his general order he predicted and i quote, "with one heart, one mind, with fortitude and patience, it would overcome every difficulty," the troops he was leading, and they did. they did. the army lacking food, clothing, shoes, this army that left bloody their footprints in the snow, this ragtag army made up of ordinary people, their mission, george washington declared, was nothing less than a sacred cause. that was the phrase he used, sacred cause, liberty, freedom, american democracy. i just visited the grounds of valley forge. i've bee
general george washington knew he faced the most daunting of tasks, to fight and win a war against theost powerful empire in the world at the time. especially when it was clear liberty, not conquest, freedom, not domination, independence, not individual glory. america made a vow, never again would we bow down to a king. months ahead would be incredibly difficult. but general washington knew something in his bones, something about the spirit of the troops he was leading, something about the soul...
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george washington commanded his troops through a very long winter. the president will borrow from a phrase george washington used to describe the mission of his team saying it was a sacred cause to defend democracy. the president says today we are here to answer the most important of questions, is democracy still the sacred cause? whether democracy is america sacred causes the most urgent message of our time it is what the 2024 election is about. the biden campaign is eager to draw contrasts with the former president and they believe the issue of democracy and the issue of january 6 will be a moment of reckoning headed into the 2024 election. one of the challenges is if they can make this sink into the american psyche at a time when there are other issues with the economy at the top of many list. >> what do we know about president biden's campaign schedule moving forward? >> this event really kick starts the 2024 process. on monday he's slated to travel down to charleston south carolina where he will speak up mother emanuel ame church. it was there w
george washington commanded his troops through a very long winter. the president will borrow from a phrase george washington used to describe the mission of his team saying it was a sacred cause to defend democracy. the president says today we are here to answer the most important of questions, is democracy still the sacred cause? whether democracy is america sacred causes the most urgent message of our time it is what the 2024 election is about. the biden campaign is eager to draw contrasts...
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oe how much time off the george washington take? a meanwhile, donald trump just wrapped up a speech in iowa. you know, sinc speece he's actuy campaigning for president. >> so what did he think of biden'sident.think of speech? >> that's why crooked joe ist is staging his pathetic why fear mongering campaign event in pennsylvania today. e him?u semo even in he was stuttering through the whole thing. he's got i've got to he's a threat to democracyayin and they've weaponized government. he's saying i'm a threat to democracyg i'm democr. >> he's a threat to ourto dem democracocy. i couldn't read the word. >> it's going to be a fun campaign. both candidates accusing each other of being corrupt, racist and threatening democrac corrup and here's the former president on election by trial present to china and i saw president xi. >> i said, do you have a probleident xi.m? address? no, no, no, we do not. quick trial. quick trial. no one. quick trial. man. right, quick trialick tria. unlike our trials of lasting 400 years. except if i'm being tr
oe how much time off the george washington take? a meanwhile, donald trump just wrapped up a speech in iowa. you know, sinc speece he's actuy campaigning for president. >> so what did he think of biden'sident.think of speech? >> that's why crooked joe ist is staging his pathetic why fear mongering campaign event in pennsylvania today. e him?u semo even in he was stuttering through the whole thing. he's got i've got to he's a threat to democracyayin and they've weaponized government....
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i mentioned george washington. and i use that same line in the first conspiracy about a secret plot to kill george washington really happens. there's a fictional book, a nonfiction adult book and a kid's book. i am george washington. they all had the same story in them. anlittle bit simpler language, but we all just want a good story, whether we're a little kid or whether we're a 50 year old person. we just want to be have something that makes us go like that. that's not just a good story. that tells me something about myself. that's what the best stories do. special training or did you retrain yourself to write for children? i went through the hardest training of all, whichs to my kids and now i'm not even joking. it it sounds like it's a flip answer. it's not. i, i gave the books to my kids and they would jusrst drafts, they were bored. my daughter, there wasn't just a story. and that's how i figured out how to write these books. she didn'tamelia earhart when she was famous. my sons didn't care about abraham linc
i mentioned george washington. and i use that same line in the first conspiracy about a secret plot to kill george washington really happens. there's a fictional book, a nonfiction adult book and a kid's book. i am george washington. they all had the same story in them. anlittle bit simpler language, but we all just want a good story, whether we're a little kid or whether we're a 50 year old person. we just want to be have something that makes us go like that. that's not just a good story. that...
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but not the president george washington. and he is resigning his commission as commander-in-chief of the continental army. a european king at the time said after he won the revolution, and that was the time to declare his kingship. but instead, the mob that attacked the capital waving trump flags and confederate flags stormed right past that portrait. and george washington gave them no pause, but it should have. the artist that pain at that portrait realize that moment because, "one of the highest moral lessons given to the world." george washington was at the height of his power it just having to beat of empire on earth. could have held onto power as long as he wanted. he could have made himself not a future president. but a future monarch, in effect. and by the way, the thigh like the president could have stayed two, three, four, five terms until he died. but that was not the america he and america troops at valley forge. and in america, genuine leaders, democratic leaders and distinct indistinct don't hold onto power. ret
but not the president george washington. and he is resigning his commission as commander-in-chief of the continental army. a european king at the time said after he won the revolution, and that was the time to declare his kingship. but instead, the mob that attacked the capital waving trump flags and confederate flags stormed right past that portrait. and george washington gave them no pause, but it should have. the artist that pain at that portrait realize that moment because, "one of the...
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of course he's george washington and donald trump's hitler.ant to remind some of you that the democrat party uses the hitler card as much as the race card. as much as they use all of the cards, they called barry goldwater hitler, they called ronald reagan hitler, they called george w. bush hitler. now they call donald trump hitler. but the real ones in the world they don't call hitler, they don't call president xi hitler or putin hitler or the iran hitler or the head of hamas or hezbollah hitler it's only conservatives and republicans were hitler. it's pretty sick. for the holocaust survivors on behalf of the nation, our nation i want to apologize to you, the way the democrat party in the media throw around the word hitler. when you look at your arms and you see burned numbers into your flesh and you know who hitler was in to watch the likes of msnbc and cnn at the pages of the new york times or the washington post around hitler like it's no big deal is pretty sick. but they will stoop to anything and everything for power. so there is joe bide
of course he's george washington and donald trump's hitler.ant to remind some of you that the democrat party uses the hitler card as much as the race card. as much as they use all of the cards, they called barry goldwater hitler, they called ronald reagan hitler, they called george w. bush hitler. now they call donald trump hitler. but the real ones in the world they don't call hitler, they don't call president xi hitler or putin hitler or the iran hitler or the head of hamas or hezbollah...
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in a cold winter of 1777, george washington and his american troops of valley forge waged a battle ont everyday people like where i come from in the vast of you, not a king or a dictator, but everyday people can govern themselves without a cane or a dictator. can govern themselves without a cane ora dictator. in can govern themselves without a cane or a dictator. in fact, can govern themselves without a cane ora dictator. infact, in or a dictator. in fact, in the rotunda of the capital, there is a giant painting of general george washington, not to president washington, not to president washington, and he is resigning his commission as commander—in—chief of the continental army. the european king at the time said after he won the revolution, now is the time for him to declare his kingship. but instead, the mob that attacked the capital waving trump flags and confederate flags stormed right past that portrait, that image of george washington, gave them no pause, but it should have. the artist who painted that portrait immortalised that moment because he said it was, "one of the highest
in a cold winter of 1777, george washington and his american troops of valley forge waged a battle ont everyday people like where i come from in the vast of you, not a king or a dictator, but everyday people can govern themselves without a cane or a dictator. can govern themselves without a cane ora dictator. in can govern themselves without a cane or a dictator. in fact, can govern themselves without a cane ora dictator. infact, in or a dictator. in fact, in the rotunda of the capital, there...
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and george washington walked the walk in the revolution. why did he do that in the continental and how did that show up in your works. >> he invents the notion of civilian control of the military. it's not in the manual. >> humphrey blend is not in there. >> no it's not there. right from the get go. right from the time he takes over the continental army in july of 1775 in cambridge. he acknowledges superiority of his civilian masters. he writes, dozens and dozens of letters in the first month as commander of the continental army to congress. to states, they're not states yet but they'll be states in 1776. but to the leaders of states, to movers and shakers. and the underlying thesis of all this correspondence is i am your servant. i am here. he can have very hard on the masters. and athe can be manipulative. but he's basically acknowledging two things. one i see your concern about this thing you created. the continental army. i know that you know who cromwell is. they're very aware of history. and he continues, we have here not to threaten
and george washington walked the walk in the revolution. why did he do that in the continental and how did that show up in your works. >> he invents the notion of civilian control of the military. it's not in the manual. >> humphrey blend is not in there. >> no it's not there. right from the get go. right from the time he takes over the continental army in july of 1775 in cambridge. he acknowledges superiority of his civilian masters. he writes, dozens and dozens of letters in...
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mason and george washington had a few of their disagreements. my but i think we i think we'll be able to patch it together here. but it really is extraordinary what the board of regents at gunston hall and what the mount vernon ladies association here does. if you want something pretty and preserved, put women in charge of ha ha ha ha, they will protect it. and i loved what you, said kate, about the fact that it's all private. the government can shut down and this will not be affected by that. that's a big big it's a huge thing. and and you were talking about george washington wouldn't want to come back here and because he just wanted to form, he was like, yeah, this is good. this is all important. but it wasn't his life. it wasn't what he wanted to do, what he wanted do was go home and live with his family and and produce things and make money. they love the private enterprise that this country offered and and the other thing that i think people forget about these and you write about this is fact that for them they had been british subjects for
mason and george washington had a few of their disagreements. my but i think we i think we'll be able to patch it together here. but it really is extraordinary what the board of regents at gunston hall and what the mount vernon ladies association here does. if you want something pretty and preserved, put women in charge of ha ha ha ha, they will protect it. and i loved what you, said kate, about the fact that it's all private. the government can shut down and this will not be affected by that....
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general george washington. no, he faced the most daunting of tass, the fight and went to war against the most power. whole empire existed in the world of the time. especially it was clear, liberty not conquests, freedom, not domination. national independence, not individual born american made of ha, never again. would we bowed down to a king? months ahead would be incredibly difficult. for general washington know something in his bones. something about the spirit of a truth. she was lady, something, something about the soul of the nation. he was struggling to be born in his general order, he predicted an ice quote with one heart and one mind the fortitude and would patients they would overcome every difficulty the troops. he was lazy and they did . they did this already, but like blankets and food, clothes and shoes. this army was march level, bloody bare footprints of the snow. this rag tag army made up of ordinary people. their mission, george washington declared, was nothing less than a sacred cause. that wa
general george washington. no, he faced the most daunting of tass, the fight and went to war against the most power. whole empire existed in the world of the time. especially it was clear, liberty not conquests, freedom, not domination. national independence, not individual born american made of ha, never again. would we bowed down to a king? months ahead would be incredibly difficult. for general washington know something in his bones. something about the spirit of a truth. she was lady,...
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fdr and british prime minister winston churchill worshiped together that day in george washington's hometown church. american history tv visited christchurch and alexandria, virginia to hear the story. hi, i'm john lawson and the former senior warden here at christ church in alexandria, virginia. with me is our rector, the reverend noel, george simmons. the story that i will describe today to me is really a lesson in leadership from perhaps the greatest leaders of the 20th century. president franklin roosevelt and prime minister winston churchill. these are men who are willing to commit their countries to a long, bloody conflict act in the name of freedom to support the freedom and independence of their own homelands, but to support freedom and democracy for other people around the world. they combine that with a deep humility. they believe that our countries had to be worthy spiritually and morally of the victory. they were asking god to grant us. so on january 1st, 1942, president roosevelt and mrs. roosevelt came here to christchurch with prime minister winston churchill. lord halifax, th
fdr and british prime minister winston churchill worshiped together that day in george washington's hometown church. american history tv visited christchurch and alexandria, virginia to hear the story. hi, i'm john lawson and the former senior warden here at christ church in alexandria, virginia. with me is our rector, the reverend noel, george simmons. the story that i will describe today to me is really a lesson in leadership from perhaps the greatest leaders of the 20th century. president...
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there's a john painting in general, george washington, i've present worse. and he is resigning his commission. as commander in chief cotton alarm, a european king at this at the time said after one of the revolution, now's a timeframe declared his kinship. instead, some opposite attacks, a capital wavy, trump flags and confederate flags stored right past that porch. cuz image of george washington gave him no pause, but it should be orders to pay that portrait. moralize that moment because he said it was quote, one of the highest moral lessons ever given to the world and of quote, george washington hyphen his power. having just defeated the most powerful empire on earth could have held on the power as long as the one could have made himself a future president. what a future monarch affect it by the way. and you got like a president because the state for 234 or 5 terms, so he die. but that wasn't the america. he's the american to ally origin in america. genuine leaders, democratic leaders with a small di, don't hold on to par. reasons. are leaders return power
there's a john painting in general, george washington, i've present worse. and he is resigning his commission. as commander in chief cotton alarm, a european king at this at the time said after one of the revolution, now's a timeframe declared his kinship. instead, some opposite attacks, a capital wavy, trump flags and confederate flags stored right past that porch. cuz image of george washington gave him no pause, but it should be orders to pay that portrait. moralize that moment because he...
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george washington was successful. abraham lincoln was successful. ronald reagan was successful, but it is rare to have a speech where it lives in history, right, where people can quote it they learn about it in their history class. this second we got some of the quotes from the speech, so i'm going to ask you to put your best selling author, your incredible writing skills to work here and let me know what you think of this. this is what the president is planning to say. the mob that attacked the capitol on january 6th, waving trump flags and confederate flags stormed right past the portrait, the image of george washington gave them no pause, but it should have. the artist who painted the portrait memorialized this moment because he said it was one of the highest moral lessons ever given to the world. george washington was at the height of his power having just defeated the most powerful empire on earth. he could have held on to that power as long as he wanted but that wasn't the america he and the american troops of valley forge had fought for. what
george washington was successful. abraham lincoln was successful. ronald reagan was successful, but it is rare to have a speech where it lives in history, right, where people can quote it they learn about it in their history class. this second we got some of the quotes from the speech, so i'm going to ask you to put your best selling author, your incredible writing skills to work here and let me know what you think of this. this is what the president is planning to say. the mob that attacked...
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at the george washington library here. what is the biggest leadership challenge you faced while serving in the military and outside of it. that is a small question. >> [laughter] >> there were no tough ones. we are brought up to deal with those things. we assume things will go wrong. you kind of careened from one crisis to another at least in the service that we were in. with that calls for is competence and empathy and your own resilience. probably the best way to describe this is a traveler on the road to london running into two people at a rest stop at one is named fear and one is named plagued. he said why are you guys going to london? the guy named plagued said we will go there and killed 10,000 people. he looks at this little guy and said, you can do that? he says i am going to kill 100 and fear kills the rest. we have to absorb fear and exude hope and faith in the constitution and what we are doing. that is our job and it is done with competence and empathy. that's how you have to do it because crises are crises and
at the george washington library here. what is the biggest leadership challenge you faced while serving in the military and outside of it. that is a small question. >> [laughter] >> there were no tough ones. we are brought up to deal with those things. we assume things will go wrong. you kind of careened from one crisis to another at least in the service that we were in. with that calls for is competence and empathy and your own resilience. probably the best way to describe this is...
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washington, future president, he withstood it all but not joe biden, he wants to use george washington is amazing to me since the democrat party is attacking the founders of this nation as white supremacists and slaveholders but there he is he wants to remind you about george washington and the american founding in her history. joe biden who support the 1619 project which destroys the whole idea that the nation was founded in 1776. it is amazing, is it not, joe biden who support crt and esg ndi talks about white supremacy, the seat of white supremacy the american revolution the declaration of independence, the constitution as a wave around the constitution. all of a sudden they needed and they use it, these are liars. these are scam artist. they want to talk about democracy, that is fine even though were constitutional republic and we don't have a parliamentary system like israel, britain and italy. we would be a different country, our framers worked hard to create a public a constitutional representative public with three branches of the constitution with limited powers, joe biden is
washington, future president, he withstood it all but not joe biden, he wants to use george washington is amazing to me since the democrat party is attacking the founders of this nation as white supremacists and slaveholders but there he is he wants to remind you about george washington and the american founding in her history. joe biden who support the 1619 project which destroys the whole idea that the nation was founded in 1776. it is amazing, is it not, joe biden who support crt and esg ndi...
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that, again, is the standard established by george washington. the military's role at he actually comes out he. his army i think by that point in the war you'd know better than me, rick, the miracle army if i remember. and at newburgh where the troops they definitely had legitimate grievances and he doesn't walk in and tromp over him for saying you shouldn't do this comes in today. i understand that. but we're not going to we're not going act like a threat. he said that we are going to set our national character. we're on probation and we do not want to shed our national character in a ruinous way. so he saw the danger of even representing legitimate concerns as a military body. so i think this is this probably shows how the military would be way off the chart on one end of this and maybe a little gap between us in a civilian society. but with rick, another spokesman spoken about several times as education and civics. and for next year's rephrase the question and say, are you aware of the debate our founding fathers had about a standing army? and
that, again, is the standard established by george washington. the military's role at he actually comes out he. his army i think by that point in the war you'd know better than me, rick, the miracle army if i remember. and at newburgh where the troops they definitely had legitimate grievances and he doesn't walk in and tromp over him for saying you shouldn't do this comes in today. i understand that. but we're not going to we're not going act like a threat. he said that we are going to set our...
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valley forge is where george washington monthly it his troops during a very long winter. the president they're laying a wreath at a national memorial arch. he is also currently getting a tour of general washington's headquarters. a lot of the speech will be drawing from the words and symbolism of george washington and his troops. the president is expected to really portray this election as a question of whether democracy remains a, quote, sacred cause in this country. that is a phrase george washington high school used to describe the mission and resolve of his troops as they prepared over the long winter. the president is also expected to make a really stark contrast between washington, who ceded power willingly after two terms in office, and former president donald trump, who refused to accept the results of the 2020 election. this all comes as biden's team is really eager to ramp up the contrast with trump, as the republican primary field, and calendar, is really getting ready to kick off with the iowa caucuses in less than two weeks. one of the challenges for presiden
valley forge is where george washington monthly it his troops during a very long winter. the president they're laying a wreath at a national memorial arch. he is also currently getting a tour of general washington's headquarters. a lot of the speech will be drawing from the words and symbolism of george washington and his troops. the president is expected to really portray this election as a question of whether democracy remains a, quote, sacred cause in this country. that is a phrase george...
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would we even have a united states without george? with george washington? probably not. and we have to explain that to people i promise you, go to high school and ask people about george washington and first president. oh, yeah. and you know, it was a general maybe in the revolutionary war if you're lucky. and we got to fix that. that is that in my view, it's the education, geography, civics deficit that's crippling us. doug bradburn and julie, see, we have created an extensive survey of the american. it's available to anybody listening or watching this by getting the mount vernon site and talking about this conference. and the one that i want to mention at this particular one, this session, two thirds of americans are pessimistic about. the country's direction and this satisfied with the political climate. and a lot of you've things like this, 66% say we're on the wrong track, the right track, and there's 33% on the wrong track. and when you hear that we're are you right track, wrong track, wrong track, i think people who the 66% there correct. we've got a congress that
would we even have a united states without george? with george washington? probably not. and we have to explain that to people i promise you, go to high school and ask people about george washington and first president. oh, yeah. and you know, it was a general maybe in the revolutionary war if you're lucky. and we got to fix that. that is that in my view, it's the education, geography, civics deficit that's crippling us. doug bradburn and julie, see, we have created an extensive survey of the...
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lindsey mentioned abigail adams when george washington died. i mean, one of the smartest things she said and she said a lot of smart things is that simple. should be his his eulogy. and part of that simple truth that he had flaws. he made mistakes. but he also left this incredible legacy and so so, you know, a note of optimism. i'm encouraged by what we saw in the poll. i think just i want to add one amendment or additions not amendment additions, which right which that actually celebrating flawed people is so much more useful and and allows us to actually appreciate their contributions more because if their heroic person than doing heroic things is to be expected if they are flawed humans and they do extraordinary things, then that is much more impressive to me and is a much more useful thing. understand about how that was possible than some sort of worship you. yeah. and the other interesting poll result had to do with whether the founding fathers should inform our decisions today. and once again, there was unanimity by republican and democra
lindsey mentioned abigail adams when george washington died. i mean, one of the smartest things she said and she said a lot of smart things is that simple. should be his his eulogy. and part of that simple truth that he had flaws. he made mistakes. but he also left this incredible legacy and so so, you know, a note of optimism. i'm encouraged by what we saw in the poll. i think just i want to add one amendment or additions not amendment additions, which right which that actually celebrating...
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the answer has to be george washington or mt. vernon and you have to work your way backwards. >> the mt. vernon compact, of course, was an agreement between maryland and virginia about how to do the commercial rights to the potomac river and it was necessary because of the navigation companies charter, the first company charters in multiple states and george washington was the first president of the first company chartered and that happened right here at mt. vernon because they were supposed to meet in alexandria but george washington in his wildly way manipulated them into meeting at mt. vernon itself and that's the peek behind the curtain there but good. excellent. 100 points to mary builder and here's the question for you. mary builder, what is the deal day >> why do i get the last question? >> what is the deal with madison's notes? how do we know what's going on? >> i wrote a book about this. it's not the book that is out there. my more fun book to read, female genius, is out there. most of what we know about the convention c
the answer has to be george washington or mt. vernon and you have to work your way backwards. >> the mt. vernon compact, of course, was an agreement between maryland and virginia about how to do the commercial rights to the potomac river and it was necessary because of the navigation companies charter, the first company charters in multiple states and george washington was the first president of the first company chartered and that happened right here at mt. vernon because they were...
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liberty, his george washington without the wig.dden he's the guy defending america, isn't the truth the opposite in isn't that typical with the left they project what they are and what they're actually doing. >> that's absolutely correct the reason why he has to talk this way now because the american people still want a country by for the people they want a constitutional republic and secure our nation and they want economy growing and thriving and poor people and poor kids have opportunity at a better life through work and merit and opportunity, that's with the american people want. when joe biden the democrats explained their agenda, people rejected. when their agenda is on display like it is right now, people rebel in revolt against it. he cannot run on his record. he asked to lie and dissemble and project in the thing that we have seen this man is basically that jimmy carter off the hook he is the worst president we've ever had in this cannot be allowed to continue if the american people are going to thrive. mark: i want to tha
liberty, his george washington without the wig.dden he's the guy defending america, isn't the truth the opposite in isn't that typical with the left they project what they are and what they're actually doing. >> that's absolutely correct the reason why he has to talk this way now because the american people still want a country by for the people they want a constitutional republic and secure our nation and they want economy growing and thriving and poor people and poor kids have...
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general george washington knew he faced the most daunting of tasks, to fight and win a war against thet powerful empire that existed in the world at the time. his message was clear, liberty, not conquest, freedom, not domination. national independence, not individual glory. america made a vow, never again would we bow down to a king. months ahead would be incredibly difficult. but general washington knew something in his bones, something about the spirit of the troops he was leading. something about the soul of the nation. he was struggling to be born. in his general order, he predicted and i quote, with one heart, and one mind, with fortitude and with patience, they would overcome every difficulty of the troops he was leading, and they did. he did. this army that lacked blankets, and clothes and food. this army whose march left bloody, barefoot prints in the snow, this rag tag army made up of ordinary people, their mission, george washington declared, was nothing less than a sacred cause. that was the phrase he used, a sacred cause. freedom, liberty, democracy. american democracy. i j
general george washington knew he faced the most daunting of tasks, to fight and win a war against thet powerful empire that existed in the world at the time. his message was clear, liberty, not conquest, freedom, not domination. national independence, not individual glory. america made a vow, never again would we bow down to a king. months ahead would be incredibly difficult. but general washington knew something in his bones, something about the spirit of the troops he was leading. something...