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[All day event] PATRIOTISM is trusting a worthy leader
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- "Stand firm and steady.... Nothing you do in the LORD's serv ice is ever useless." ~ 1 Corinthians 15:58
At the end of the Re volutionary War, the new United States owed back pay to the soldiers, men who fought long and hard for the nation's freedom. Mutiny was close at han d. There was only one man who could influence them.
On March 15, 17 83, George Washington met with the armed forces. They had revered him duri ng the lean, hard years of fighting; now, they glared at him with restle ss eyes. Washington spoke of his own dedicated service. He begged them not to "open the flood gates of civil discord, and deluge our rising empire in blood." He appealed to their honor and glory thus far. Then he paused. His audience did not seem moved. Washington produced a letter from the governm ent that he started to read slowly. He stumbled and stuttered. Then Washing ton pulled from his pocket something his men had never seen him use before - spectacles. "Gentlemen, you must pardon me," he...
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