Dr. Bill McClay
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first heard Jul 2026
last heard 21 Jul
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And then he'd get them to reenlist.
Washington did things like he had, this just seems so crazy, but I think you will get this.
He had, there was a play about the life of Cato the Elder, and a lot of people, even just common people were familiar with the classics at that time.
And Cato the Elder was trying to defend the Roman Republic against the empire.
you know, to the small scale human rights or the orientation of the Roman Republic.
And they lost and he ended up committing suicide.
But he gave these wonderful speeches about the nobility of freedom.
And this play, which is written by a British guy named Joseph Addison, was he put on a performance for his sick, dying, ill-clad
hungry, malnourished troops.
And it inspired them to keep on fighting.
That tells you something about Washington, but also about his men.
Who would think of doing that?
Like showing a top gun to- Right, right, right, right.
no they were definitely and you know this is one of the things that washington said numerous times is well you know uh yeah we're not the equal of british regulars as they they didn't call them redcoats they called them regulars but uh we we know things that they don't know we we and we have sharpshooters that are better than theirs and and you know it yeah we had advantages we were playing on the home field for one thing that's always an advantage uh
But we had a tactical superiority, which was evident, by the way, in the French and Indian War.
The British were so arrogant towards their American compadres that they didn't pick up on this.
In Washington, there's a new movie out that I have not seen, maybe you have, called Young Washington that I've heard really good things about.
his experience in the French and Indian War.
And I can't wait to see it because apparently it's a pretty accurate rendering of that.
And he was a very young man, but he was a tough hombre.
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