they went back to morristown the regiment suffered through the hardships of morristown in winter encampments there in 1780 the regiment did march to yorktown in 1781 hazen hawkins was very good about recording that one as well the long trick down into yorktown what he was seeing there at yorktown the regiment did distinguish itself in particular. it's light infantry company, which had been attached to lafayette's light infantry corps through that summer of 1781 and the light infantry company of hazens regiment was part of the assault party under hamilton on readout number 10, which beat the french who were trying to take readout number nine at the exact same time. through it by after yorktown. the regiment was set up to lancaster pennsylvania. not too far from here if you will and they were on guard duty with the prisoners of war there where i would like to point out that hazen again was pressing for an invasion of canada. through into 1782, you know, let's do it. and of course you're everybody's waiting for the diplomats to get everything done to get the peace treaty. let's end this and the

he changes his mind when he's at morristown after the victories trenton in new jersey. it changes his mind because he sees that i got to do it. i've got to do it so he issues issues in edict you will not come into this army unless you have been inoculated. and he enforces it rigorously. so that's an example of his flexibility. he's got a great eye for subordinate talent eisenhower's too washington sees that a 25 year old overweight boston bookseller named henry knox. is going to be the father of american artillaries a genius as a gunner or that 30 something quaker anchorsmith from rhode island named nathaniel greene will become one of the great battle captains captains in american military history. he's and promotes them and gives them responsibilities. so. these are some of the reasons why he is the indispensable man. rick you speak of the foundational truths of the american revolution and you used i believe you say even if there are only aspirational which means we're still trying to arrive at them. well, what are those foundational truths and i'm just you know while

morristown was supporting a democratic for senator. and he happened to have a fundraiser down in princeton, new jersey at the time. and brandon byrne gets up and he looks at bradley. and he says, you know. i don't understand why you happen to be running as a democrat. because most of the democrats i know from hudson county follow the same pattern they get elected they get indicted and they get sentenced. i had the similar experience of my old job. yes on another note. i wanted to ask you about october 22nd in 2020 at an event that you happen to be there, which was the sort of garden party preceding the debate between biden and trump and i think we all know what happened subsequent to that garden party namely that trump obviously tested positive for the covid. and there were all sorts of supporters of trump sitting in those chairs your self included. picks among others. how do you feel that at the time which he knew that he had the coronavirus? how do you feel about trump now a gentleman who you supported, you know for president in term