**** “if there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace”. Can’t find folks like that anymore. ****
Agreed. I don’t know if I didn’t pay attention because I was a rowdy kid, or that schools didn’t emphasize enough, but the true nature of the founders is just amazing. Men of position and power who risked it all for principle.
Washington wasn’t flawless, but from what I’ve seen and read in my adult years, he did have fine qualities. He was courageous, learned quickly, and was a leader. Washington wasn’t schooled as a tactician, but he did learn on the job, and we likely wouldn’t be the USA without him.
Moving forward in time, it is ironic that the greatest generation is directly responsible for the worst generation. My parent’s generation, the ones who were raised during the depression, and fought World War II, raised the hippies. The hippies are the poison pill. They have killed America. The country is dying, and the hippies have their hands around her throat.
I can’t put into words my sadness... and yes, despair, over what has become of America, and Americans. I thank God that I likely won’t be around to witness the worst of it.
Your legacy should be to teach as many people as you can what it means to be an American. It must be done before everyone who remembers is gone.