if something happens to washington's horse, then billy lee would have to give him his horse to follow a long as best he could but when washington woke up in the morning, the lee lee was there. when washington went to bed at night it was billy lee's job to take off the wig and his clothing to make sure they were hung and make sure washington had the food he needed, had his bible. it was billy lee's job, he was basically washington's number two to make sure everything around him washington didn't have to think about it. but, keeping up with washington was a chore. it's not like you is easy so as we go on in history we find people like washington, washington's grandson george parker custis lee who ends up eating a relative of robert lee, he is saying that billy lee was probably the second best horseman in the country behind george washington simply because he had to be to keep up with him. so when you start talking about body servants, these were the men who were entrusted with the day-to-day care and keeping of the presidents. they got their clothing, they got their way exam they made s

he says that billy lee was the second-best course been in the country simply because he had to be toeep up with him. we these were the men that were entrusted have had day and care of the keeping. they got their clothes than their wigs to make sure they got bed at night both of them lived in the same room as the president. >> ken package in 20106 years ago you wrote a book blackie and built the capital. and once the union forces left to cross the atomic - - potomac river. 1 million generals decided we never wanted robert e. lee to insure this would not have been the he begin to bury best soldiers and his for yard. that is out arlington national some might get started. but the freed slaves would come up with the town with. it wasn't small. they had their own churches churches, schools but the people of freedom in villages and -- >> if i guess right that is where the cemetery takeover? cspan: what happened to all the freelance lack? >> guest: eventually even though freedman's village must end the city and to what self to bring in people with sojourners truth and freedom village but the

mount vernet accompanied by his aid david , humphreys, his secretary, tobias, his enslaved servant, billy lee and charles thompson. , a man who might have headed an executive department but did not. they crossed the potomac at georgetown, headed north through -- towards baltimore, across the rolling hills that some potomac valley promoters, washington among them hoped it , might become the site of the nation's permanent capital. he had hoped to travel in has quiet and peaceful a manner as possible to conserve his energy, but that was not to be. the entire route was with cheering, shouting, flag-waving well-wishers throwing flowers at him, holding up their babies and demanding speeches. towns that had cannons fired them. veterans marched alongside them for miles. men wept. ben is for claimed a new era and behold the rising empire, so he slipped the crowds when he could. he agreed when pressed to deliver addresses in baltimore, wilmington, and philadelphia, where 20,000 people half of the , population thronged the call pulled the streets, long live the father of his people. and a laurel wreath

left mount vernon accompanied by his aide, david humphrey, is secretary, his enslaved manservant, billy lee, and a hopeful charles thompson, a man who might have headed an executive department, but didn't. they crossed the potomac at georgetown, headed north towards baltimore. that some potomac valley promoters hoped would become the site of the nations permanent capital. he had hoped to travel in as quiet and peaceable manner as possible to conserve his energy, but that was not to be. the entire route had cheering, flag-waving well-wishers throwing flowers at him, holding up their babies, and amending -- demanding speeches. towns that had cannons fired them. veterans marched along side him for miles. men wept. banners proclaimed a new era and behold the rising empire. so he slipped the crowds when he could. he agreed when pressed to deliver addresses in baltimore, wilmington, and philadelphia, where 20,000 people, half of the city's population, thronged the cobbled streets shouting, long live the father of his people. and a laurel wreath fit for a roman emperor was placed upon his head. mo

should washington arriving in the guise of jesus at the american jerusalem of new york, sitting in billy lee's lap on a donkey led by david humphreys wearing devil's horns and chanting, the glorious time has come to pass when david shall conduct an ass. less nastily but no less significant of ambivalence of washington's monarchical pretensions, a member of congress reported that a prominent quaker who had led patriarchale to the struggle, when told that washington was approaching his house, replied with disdain that he was perfectly indifferent to the general commotion at the door and declined to rise from his dinner table as the president-elect's procession marched by. i don't want to leave you on that negative note there. you will realize as i go on that i think washington's role in the course of the first congress was really quite fascinating. i'm going to give you one short snapshot here. this actually describes the day of his inauguration, shortly afterward. it is a different note. as the inauguration approached visitors poured in to the city, , filling taverns, boarding houses, and priva

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