The fat, middle-aged blogger from Ohio dares to show his face!This is the entryway to the tavern where George Washington said farewell to his officers at the end of the American Revolution.
Shortly after this occurred, King George III asked a Briton recently returned from America what Washington would do now that he had led the colonies to independence. When informed that Washington intended to return to private life at Mount Vernon, George III responded that if Washington did that, he would be the "greatest man in the world."
What a remarkable guy Washington was! As I've pointed out many times on this blog, twice in his life, he walked away from the absolute executive power that would have been his for the taking.
This was an unprecedented act by a national leader in the history of the world. In a very real sense, Washington taught the world how to make democracy work.
(I wonder if Washington and crew were ever at the Fraunces Tavern for Happy Hour?)
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