One of my favorite Washington quotes - because he was talking about my people...
“If all else fails, I will retreat up the valley of Virginia, plant my flag on the Blue Ridge, rally around the Scotch-Irish of that region, and make my last stand for liberty amongst a people who will never submit to British tyranny whilst there is a man left to draw a trigger.”
George Washington, at Valley Forge.
He was a founding father, does that make him a native American?
Actually, he caught a cold and his doctor bled him to death, trying to release the "ill humors".
Indeed, and one must suppose that among those who would have joined him was a young boy named Andrew Jackson.
Happy birthday to the greatest of all Americans and one of the greatest of men at all.