and took out a letter from joseph jones, congressman from virginia. and here the document becomes all important. i mentioned that the document at the massachusetts historical society is written in washington's own hand. large letters. the official copy of the speech, the one written by his secretaries in the papers of washington in the library of congress is written in the hand of his secretary, jonathan trumble, a fine hand but it's a normal size hand. friday night i think washington did an all night ever. after the speech was written by him and by secretaries, he sat down and recopied the speech in large letters in his own hand, so he could read it. kind of an early version of a teleprompter. but now as he read joseph jones letter, he began to stumble over the words. he reached in his pocket and brought out his glasses. the officers were stunned, they had never seen the commander in chief with glasses. two weeks before, two weeks before washington had received these glasses from david rittenhouse in philadelphia. as soon as he received the glasses,

but now as he read joseph jones' letter, he began to stumble over the words. he reached into his pocket and brought out his glasses. the officers were stunned. they had never seen the commander in chief with glasses. two weeks before, two weeks before washington had received these glasses from david ritenhouse in philadelphia. and as soon as he received the glasses, he had written back to ritenhouse something that may be familiar to some of you. he wrote back to ritenhouse to thank him for the glasses and to tell him that he was having a little trouble adjusting to them. wasn't quite comfortable with them. but now for the first time in public in order to read jones' letter he took his glasses out. and as he did, he looked out at the officers and he said to them, gentlemen, you must forgive me. my eyes have grown dim and my hair has grown gray in the service of my country. not a dry eye in the house. not a dry eye in the house. he then went on to read mr. jones' letter which was really rather perfunctory, finished the letter, put everything back in, including h

joseph. tony tamer, tony the tiger to the cup. g. w. within four points. carl jonesjumper to put the game out of reach. hawks holding on 73-66. getting the seven-point win. >>> blackout in blacksburg, virginia. georgia tech, over time. littlest man on the floor, playing big. making it 73-71. that's just enough time for virginia tech's lorenzo humidity son. there goes my hero at the buzzer. tech wins 74-73. >>> nba all-star weekend begins next friday. it's the rookie sophomore challenge on friday. this year a little twist, instead of all the rookies on all time and second year players on the other, they mixed the teams up this year. a little change. john wall is in the game and tonight, charles barkley and insurance shaq who will coach the teams picked their players. wall wasn't selected until 12th overall. wall said that's a joke to me. they think there are 11 guys better than me. that's their decision. wall will play on barkley's squad. it will be played on friday coming up this week. >>> finally, a little laughter to get you out of here, phil mickelson, one of your