III. FLASHBACK
"The Original Washington Way"
“It always seems impossible until its done.“
Nelson Mandela
In 1776, Valley Forge looked like the end of the line for a fledgling new nation fighting the Old World superpower, England. As a historic winter on the Delaware River set in and the clock ticked down, the frozen remnants of George Washington's Revolutionary troops were hanging on by an icicle.
Survival-- much less victory--seemed impossible to all but George Washington. Crossing the Delaware in the dark of Christmas Day and winning the Battle of Trenton seemed impossible – until it was done.
In 1787, Philadelphia (Independence Hall) was a metaphorical battlefield of competing voices and unshakable differences of opinion. Anything resembling a realistic, long-term consensus seemed impossible. However, a new nation, a new leader (George Washington), a new Constitution and a new Republic emerged from those impossible beginnings. The common threads of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness – certain inalienable rights endowed by our Creator, and government subservient to “We the People” reigned supreme.
It all seemed “impossible” until it was done.
Eighteen months ago, in 2012, George Washington would have been appalled that “We the People” were subservient to a voracious, ever-expanding government which decreed more power unto itself. Even worse, this massive entity dripped with the corruption that came with the power that seemed impossible to arrest as it festered uncontrollably. Undoubtedly, he would have sought to lead another impossible revolution against this new, malignant, internal tyranny. If Washington and the founders all had been able to come back and fight tyranny again, they might have begun the impossible fight to wrest power from a morally decayed government by helping another “Tea Party” rebellion. Interestingly, the Boston Tea Party that happened in 1773 was triggered by a 5% tax. Imagine their thoughts on a 70% to 90% income tax for half of the 20th century!
“The Original Washington Way” would have been to put shackles on those who would lord over “We the People” and treat the freedoms of “the People” with disdain. That hypothetical result would have been a gargantuan clash for the ages: one “Washington Way” versus another “Washington Way”.
As incredible as it seems, “come back" they did.
“In Search of George Washington” is the amazing story of history repeating itself.
Across 225 years, the father and the founders of our country came back from the pages of the history that they so fervently sculpted-- and again, their voices resounded. Through their works and their exhortations of freedom for the ages -- what they did – and what they gave -- inspired a nation again to “The Original Washington Way”.
Sit back and see how Washington, the “Father of our Country" and all of the founding fathers returned home to come to the aid of their country. Revisit how their fierce determination, independence, and honor to each other and to the land they loved came alive in the tumultuous twenty-first century.
Absorb the magnitude of what transpired in that first Constitutional Convention of 1787 as George Washington presided over the Federalists, led by Alexander Hamilton, who wanted more power in the central government, and conversely, the Anti-Federalists, led by Thomas Jefferson and other visionaries, who wanted more power in the states. Relish the lessons for the ages that fervent, arduous—and more importantly-- reasoned debate wrought to create the greatest framework for governance “of the People, by the People, for the People” in human history.
Marvel at the miracle of a nation founded on Divine Providence that was granted its reprieve in 2012 from the dissolution of liberty at the hands of a rapacious, expansive government whose many progressive members and their radical revolutionary associations used America as their target of shameless sabotage and treason while they labored tirelessly to tear down the very tenets of freedom and free enterprise. Watch how the unfolding of the 28th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America spread like a prairie fire across the "Land of the Free" and the "Home of the Brave" and see how this metaphorical conflagration was able to inspire and rekindle the foundations of liberty, love and charity and restore faith in Divine Providence.
In 2012, controlling a tyrannical federal government seemed impossible - "until it was done".
