George Washington's First Battle Scene | YOUNG WASHINGTON (2026)

Washington makes our current crop of liar, hack politicians look like the scum of the earth that they are.

This movie should be required viewing in every American classroom - - - - - Sadly that will not happen because 70% of the teachers are Marxist filth who hate America.

 

George Called It

"The last official act of any government is to loot the treasury."

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George Washington

"The Crossing" Washington's Great Victory - A Veteran's Day Special

Washington crossing of the Delaware

"Modern" Generals direct their troops from as far behind the lines as possible (preferably near a golf course).

Washington put his body on the front lines.

This should be shown in every history class in America.  

Jeff Daniels is brilliant as George Washington. 

 

"First in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen, he was second to none in the humble and endearing scenes of private life. Pious, just, humane, temperate, and sincere; uniform, dignified, and commanding, his example was as edifying to all around him as were the effects of that example lasting."

"Who is there that has forgotten the vales of Brandywine, the fields of Germantown, or the plains of Monmouth? Everywhere present, wants of every kind obstructing, numerous and valiant armies encountering, himself a host, he assuaged our sufferings, limited our privations, and upheld our tottering republic."

General Henry Lee III

American Revolutionary veteran.  Delivered his famous eulogy on Washington before the two Houses of Congress on December 26, 1799.

Washington crossing of the Delaware
Future President James Monroe is 

standing next to Washington holding the flag.

"The Crossing" Washington's Great Victory

Washington crossing of the Delaware
James Monroe is depicted as holding the flag.

"Modern" Generals direct their troops from as far behind the lines as possible (preferably near a golf course).

Washington put his body on the front lines.

This should be shown in every history class in America.  Jeff Daniels is brilliant as George Washington. 

 

"First in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen, he was second to none in the humble and endearing scenes of private life. Pious, just, humane, temperate, and sincere; uniform, dignified, and commanding, his example was as edifying to all around him as were the effects of that example lasting."

"Who is there that has forgotten the vales of Brandywine, the fields of Germantown, or the plains of Monmouth? Everywhere present, wants of every kind obstructing, numerous and valiant armies encountering, himself a host, he assuaged our sufferings, limited our privations, and upheld our tottering republic."

General Henry Lee III

American Revolutionary veteran.  Delivered his famous eulogy on Washington before the two Houses of Congress on December 26, 1799.

We are in a Communist Revolution

The Modern GOP is 

Run by Cowards & Traitors

We are witness to a Communist Revolution to overthrow the Republic that is backed by both parties and funded by Globalists.

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"There are but two parties now: traitors and patriots."

General Ulysses S. Grant

How puny and pathetic our current crop of "leaders" look compared to the giants of the past.

General George Washington

The greatest man in history sacrificed EVERYTHING for his country . . . . Our current crop of traitor "leaders" spend their days looting the Treasury.

WASHINGTON Post Says The Name “Washington” Is Racist

 

Fuck All Leftist Filth

Washington

The Greatest Man in History

• For thousands of years the world knew nothing but savage dictatorships. Putting his life on the line George Washington overthrew the monarchy, refused a crown, established a Constitutional Republic and rejected being "President for Life". Instead Washington gave up power to become a farmer and freed his slaves.

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Confrontation between Washington and Gates from "The Crossing" movie.

The Crossing

Clips from “The Crossing”(1999) / Jeff Daniels as George Washington/ December 1776,decimated by superior British forces, suffering from disease, desertion and lack of funds,General George Washington faces the unthinkable --- losing the war.

Despite all advice to the contrary, Washington makes a courageous decision that is considered to be one of the boldest in military history. On Christmas night, with the American Revolution hanging in the balance. Washington takes his army across the ice-choked Delaware River. The next morning, he leads a surprise attack against a garrison of battle-hardened Hessian mercenaries.

The overwhelming and miraculous victory turns the tide in the war and ultimately leads to the birth of the United States.

Washington makes our current crop of liar, hack politicians look like the scum of the earth that they are.

George Washington's "The Crossing" Should Be Mandatory in Schools

George Washington

The Greatest Man in History

For ten thousand years the world knew nothing but savage dictatorships. 

Putting his life on the line George Washington overthrew the monarchy, refused a crown, established a Constitutional Republic and rejected being "President for Life". 

Instead Washington gave up power to become a farmer and put in his will that his slaves be freed.

Compared to the Civil War, the American Revolution looks distant and unreal - basically it comes down to the Civil War being photographed while the Revolution was told with paintings.

"The Crossing" brings the Revolution alive.

Every State should make watching "The Crossing" mandatory viewing in all schools.

Washington makes our current crop of liar, hack politicians look like the scum of the earth that they are.

"First in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen, he was second to none in the humble and endearing scenes of private life. Pious, just, humane, temperate, and sincere; uniform, dignified, and commanding, his example was as edifying to all around him as were the effects of that example lasting."

"Who is there that has forgotten the vales of Brandywine, the fields of Germantown, or the plains of Monmouth? Everywhere present, wants of every kind obstructing, numerous and valiant armies encountering, himself a host, he assuaged our sufferings, limited our privations, and upheld our tottering republic."

General Henry Lee III
American Revolutionary veteran. Delivered his famous eulogy on Washington before the two Houses of Congress on December 26, 1799.

George Washington Statue Vandalized With KKK Hood, Graffiti

Fuck All Leftist Filth

Washington

The Greatest Man in History

• For thousands of years the world knew nothing but dictatorships. Putting his life on the line George Washington overthrew the monarchy, refused a crown, established a Constitutional Republic and rejected being "President for Life". Instead Washington gave up power to become a farmer and freed his slaves.

Vandals in Chicago spray-painted a statue of George Washington overnight with messages in red paint on three sides reading, “Slave Owner!”, “Burn the Whitehouse down” and “God bless AmeriKKKa”, reported Alexis McAdams with WLS-TV, via Twitter. A white KKK hood and cloak were also placed over Washington’s head.

WMAQ-TV reported on the statue also having a white hood and cloak put on it.

“Vandals spray-painted graffiti and put a white hood on a statue of George Washington in Chicago’s Washington Park neighborhood Sunday morning. Photos from the scene show the statue, which is located in the 5500 block of South Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, with spray-painted messages scrawled on its base. Earlier in the day, a white hood and gown, likely intended as a representation of the Ku Klux Klan, had also been seen on the monument.”

Image via Chicago Park District, details: Location: 5531 S. Martin Luther King Dr. Chicago, IL 60637 Within: Washington (George) Park Artist: Daniel Chester French and Edward C. Potter Year Created: 1900 Installed: 1904

“Graffiti covers the more than 100 year old George Washington statue on the Southside. Messages in red spray paint read “Slave Owner” “Burn the Whitehouse down” & “God bless AmeriKKKa” CPD investigating. Some neighbors want the statue to go, others say it’s part of history.”

TheGatewayPundit.com

Washington makes our current crop of liar, hack politicians look like the scum of the earth that they are.

"First in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen, he was second to none in the humble and endearing scenes of private life. Pious, just, humane, temperate, and sincere; uniform, dignified, and commanding, his example was as edifying to all around him as were the effects of that example lasting."

"Who is there that has forgotten the vales of Brandywine, the fields of Germantown, or the plains of Monmouth? Everywhere present, wants of every kind obstructing, numerous and valiant armies encountering, himself a host, he assuaged our sufferings, limited our privations, and upheld our tottering republic."

General Henry Lee III
American Revolutionary veteran. Delivered his famous eulogy on Washington before the two Houses of Congress on December 26, 1799.

George Washington on the lust for power

Washington makes our current crop of liar, hack politicians look like the scum of the earth that they are.

"Should, hereafter, those incited by the lust of power and prompted by the supineness or venality of their constituents, overleap the known barriers of this Constitution and violate the unalienable rights of humanity: it will only serve to show, that no compact among men (however provident in its construction and sacred in its ratification) can be pronounced everlasting and inviolable, and if I may so express myself, that no Wall of words, that no mound of parchment can be so formed as to stand against the sweeping torrent of boundless ambition on the side, aided by the sapping current of corrupted morals on the other."

-- George Washington

(1732-1799) Founding Father 1st US President, 'Father of the Country'

"First in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen, he was second to none in the humble and endearing scenes of private life. Pious, just, humane, temperate, and sincere; uniform, dignified, and commanding, his example was as edifying to all around him as were the effects of that example lasting."

"Who is there that has forgotten the vales of Brandywine, the fields of Germantown, or the plains of Monmouth? Everywhere present, wants of every kind obstructing, numerous and valiant armies encountering, himself a host, he assuaged our sufferings, limited our privations, and upheld our tottering republic."

General Henry Lee III
American Revolutionary veteran. Delivered his famous eulogy on Washington before the two Houses of Congress on December 26, 1799.

George Washington plaque removed by church

God Damned Fucking Hell

• Are the mouth-breathing Sheeple this fucking stupid????  They insult the memory and trash the founder of the United States. Fuck all of 'em. I have had it with this shit. Is there any part of this country that is NOT infected with this insanity?

(Washington Times)  -  An historic Episcopal parish where George Washington frequently worshiped has decided to remove a memorial plaque honoring the nation’s first president, saying the decision was out of a desire to provide a “welcoming” worship space for all visitors.

The vestry of Christ Church in Alexandria, Virginia, announced its unanimous decision in an Oct. 26 letter, The Republican Standard website reported Thursday. 

“… Many in our congregation feel a strong need for the church to stand clearly on the side of ‘All are welcome — no exceptions,’ ” the letter continued. “Because the sanctuary is a worship space, not a museum, there is no appropriate way to inform visitors about the history of the plaques or to provide additional context except for the in-person tours provided by our docents.

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"First in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen, he was second to none in the humble and endearing scenes of private life. Pious, just, humane, temperate, and sincere; uniform, dignified, and commanding, his example was as edifying to all around him as were the effects of that example lasting."

"Who is there that has forgotten the vales of Brandywine, the fields of Germantown, or the plains of Monmouth? Everywhere present, wants of every kind obstructing, numerous and valiant armies encountering, himself a host, he assuaged our sufferings, limited our privations, and upheld our tottering republic."

 General Henry Lee
American Revolutionary veteran Lee delivered his famous eulogy on Washington before the two Houses of Congress on December 26, 1799.

Our Best and Worst Presidents

My President's Day Review

The best, the worst and why did 

they even bother to run?

By Gary;

With this President's Day there have been the usual assorted annual reviews and rankings of our Presidents.

So I thought I would put out my own ranking of the five best and five worst Presidents.

Ranking is not that easy. Each President came from different times and faced completely different issues.

The Best Presidents

1) George Washington

This is almost a no brainer. In my mind Washington was the greatest man in all of recorded history. Period.

He lived in a world of savage dictators who all claimed to be anointed by God himself. Speak out against them and you would be tortured or executed.

Democracy, even Republics, did not exist. The closest thing out there was the oligarchical Republic of Venice. Our Founders had to go back to the ancient Republic of Rome for a guide to build a new nation.

Washington was there at every step fighting in the front lines against the corrupt Monarchists in battle, building a nation with a new Constitution and then serving as the first President.

General Washington could have followed in the footsteps of others and declared himself King or President-for-Life. The fact that he always refused ultimate power is what sets him up above all other leaders in history.

2) Abraham Lincoln

Mountains of books have been written about Lincoln and for good reason.  Once Washington established our Republic no other President has faced the tests Lincoln dealt with every day of his term.

There is little more that I could add to what so many have written.

3) Theodore Roosevelt

Where does one start?  The man was a whirlwind of actions and ideas.

Warrior, cowboy, police commissioner, Governor, author, reformer, trust buster, Nobel Peace Prize winner and President.

So much of modern America starts with TR from the park system to the Pure Food and Drug Act to breaking up corporations.

This last item is near to my heart these days as unelected huge multi-national corporations literally buy and sell members of Congress and candidates for President like loaves of bread.

4) James K. Polk

A close ally of Andrew Jackson, James "Young Hickory" Polk has to rank in any top five list of Presidents but is always ignored.

Polk came to the White House with strong background: member of the Tennessee Legislature, Congressman, Speaker of the House and Governor.

As President he pledged to serve only one term and looked to accomplish four main goals:

Reestablish the Independent Treasury System.

Reduce tariffs.

Acquire some or all of Oregon Country.

Acquire California and New Mexico from Mexico.

Polk accomplished his four major objectives in just four years. By linking acquisition of new lands in Oregon (with no slavery) and Texas (with slavery), he hoped to satisfy both North and South.

Polk was a massive success by any possible measurement.

5) Franklin D. Roosevelt

FDR ended Prohibition. That is reason enough to be at #5. Bless him.

I rank FDR lower than Polk because so much of his first two terms failed to end the Great Depression and his scheme to pack the Supreme Court smacked of Fascism. His rise to #5 ranking is based almost totally on the wars against Imperial Japan and the Axis Powers.

Much of the New Deal's "radical" banking reforms are today viewed as common sense. Roosevelt signed the Glass–Steagall Act that created the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) to underwrite savings deposits. The Act also limited the ability of bankers to speculate in the stock market with their deposits. Banks were failing left and right. The Act helped provide banking and economic stability for decades to come.

Other programs like Social Security, the Tennessee Valley Authority and the Rural Electrification Act set the stage for modern America. The nation never again looked back to laissez faire.

His leadership in World War II is obvious. The total defeat of Imperial Japan, Germany and Italy were enormous accomplishments.

Based on pre-1930s technology an argument could be made that these overseas wars were none of our business. But today we know about the Japanese nuclear weapon program and the German nuclear weapon project.  If either of those nations had built the atomic bomb first the entire course of history would have changed.

FDR's victory came none too soon.

Presidents 6 to 10

Dwight Eisenhower, Andrew Jackson, Harry Truman, James Monroe and Ronald Reagan.

President James Buchanan
A former Federalist Party Congressman

The Worst Presidents

Because of the Civil War everyone wants to dump on President James Buchanan making him the worst President.

To me Buchanan was helpless. In the wrong place at the wrong time. The rabid and hateful forces for and against slavery would not listen to anything resembling reason. Both sides wanted blood.

As a "madman", general and a southerner Andrew Jackson held off the Civil War by threatening to march south and hang traitors. Buchanan was a northerner with no influence in the south and little influence in the rabid anti-slavery Republican north. So I give Buchanan a pass for being the worst President.

5) Woodrow Wilson

Wilson was a disaster on almost every front. He took power away from the U.S. Treasury and handed it over to the private Federal Reserve. Wilson cracked down on freedom of speech and even imprisoned Presidential candidate Eugene Debs. A new low for democracy. He also was openly racist and appointed segregationists to his cabinet.

Foreign affairs were even worse. Without a declaration of war Wilson invaded Mexico and occupied Veracruz.

U.S. involvement in World War I made matters worse. Instead of forcing the Europeans to solve their own problems U.S. intervention allowed France, Britain and Italy to destroy the German and Austrian Empires. The resulting power vacuum created economic and political anarchy and the rise of Fascism in nation after nation.

4) Warren Harding

At the time of his death, Harding was one of the most popular presidents, but the subsequent exposure of scandals that took place under his administration, such as Teapot Dome, eroded his popular regard, as did revelations of an affair by Nan Britton, one of his mistresses.

3) George W. Bush

God, to think I voted for this dumb bastard. By 2003 he had driven me out of the "small government" GOP.

Where do you start?  The fake weapons of mass destruction. The creation of a 1984 Police Surveillance State.  The endless and useless wars.  Torture.  The massive expansion of government in all areas including "No Child Left Behind". Jobs shipped to Asia.  Wide open borders for legals and illegals alike.  Racking up trillions in new debt.

But worst of all the total incompetence of the GOP causing a second Great Depression that we are still trying to climb out of.

There was no oversight in any way, shape or form of the criminals on Wall Street who collapsed the entire economy with fake "investments" and real estate loans backed by NOTHING. Millions of home foreclosure, business failures everywhere and the rise of middle class poverty.

Bush should have been run out of town on a rail.

2) Herbert Hoover

Hoovervilles. That really says it all.

Hoover and laissez faire GOP policies stood by while banks failed, businesses failed, people lost their homes and the entire nation entered the pure Hell of the Great Depression.

1)  Worst President Ever  -  Jimmy Carter

Carter is the best ex-President ever by building homes for the poor. Meanwhile Bill Clinton and George W. Bush have lined their pockets with millions in corporate "speaking fees" which are better known as retroactive bribes.

A plus is the peace Carter brokered between Egypt and Israel still holds to this day.

The steaming pile of crap smell comes from ultra weak policies making him out to be nearly clueless.

Carter's tenure was a time of continuing inflation and recession, as well as an energy crisis. Carter delivered a televised speech declaring that the U.S. energy crisis during the 1970s was the moral equivalent of war and wore sweaters to offset turning down the heat in the White House.

The Soviets invaded Afghanistan (they can have it in my opinion), but Carter's brave stand was to pull out of the Olympics ruining the careers of athletes.  Carter initiated a program to arm the mujahideen through Pakistan's ISI and secured a pledge from Saudi Arabia to match U.S. funding for this purpose.  

Carter arming Islamists. We know how well that turned out in the end.

Then came the Iranian hostage crisis with the government held up to the world as helpless.

Sorry Jimmy.  But you are still the best at being the worst.

Founding Rivals: Madison vs. Monroe

Book Review
Founding Rivals: Madison vs. Monroe
The Bill of Rights, and The Election that Saved a Nation
By Chris DeRose
(2011)


By Gary;

As I was wondering through the very extensive history section at the local library I ran across this interesting book.

Somehow the event covered in the book slipped passed me.

The author explores in detail the most important Congressional election in the history of the United States  -  the 5th District of Virginia between Federalist James Madison and Anti-Federalist James Monroe.

Madison stood before the voters in America's very first election as perhaps the principal author of the Constitution.  Monroe campaigned against the Constitution that he felt made the central government too powerful and did not protect the rights of the people.

A Two Party System Developes  -  Even in this first election society began to break down into warring political camps.  One observer at the time noted, "Hereafter, when a gentleman is nominated to a public office, it is not his virtue, his abilities, or his patriotism we are to regard, but whether he is a Federalist or Anti-Federalist."

At stake in the election was the future adoption of the Bill of Rights itself. 

Madison was effectively the leader of the Federalist Party.  His presence in the House was vital to getting a Bill of Rights written and adopted.  A Monroe Anti-Federalist victory could have endangered the passage of the Bill of Rights by removing a pro-Bill of Rights Madison from the question.  Without Madison in the House the Bill might have bogged down in inter-party fighting.

James Monroe
Monroe is regarded as the last U.S. President who was a Revolutionary War veteran, since he served as an officer of the Continental Army and took part in combat. He served with distinction at the Battle of Trenton, where he was shot in his left shoulder. He spent three months recuperating from his wound. In John Trumbull's painting Capture of the Hessians at the Battle of Trenton, Monroe can be seen lying wounded at left center of the painting. In the famous painting, Washington Crossing the Delaware, Monroe is depicted holding the flag.
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Monroe died on July 4th, 1831 the 55th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.

"Henry-Mandering"   -  The great patriot Patrick Henry almost got his name attached to the crooked partisan drawing of Congressional Districts.

Former Virginia Governor Henry was the state leader of the Anti-Federalist Party.  He was viciously opposed to the new Federalist written Constitution for centralizing too much power with Congress and the President, and he forcefully defended the weak Articles of Confederation.

Federalist James Madison let it be known that he would seek election to the first House of Representatives.  Patrick Henry's Anti-Federalists sharpened their knives.  When Virginia's Congressional Districts were drawn, Madison's home was "Henry-mandered" by the Anti-Federalists.

Virginia Governor Patrick Henry
Anti-Federalist Party leader

Using the vote for the Virginia Ratification Convention as a guide, Henry's allies drew the lines of Madison's 5th Congressional District to include 74% Anti-Federalist voters. 

In their next step the Anti-Federalists recruited a prominent Revolutionary War vet in James Monroe to carry their standard to defeat Madison.

Henry's goal was to defeat Madison before the votes were even cast.

With the future of the nation on the line, Madison did not shrink from the election. 

In a day when candidates never personally campaigned both candidates hit the road hard.  Monroe and Madison aggressively went after every vote in every town, rural cluster of houses and churches.

Monroe campaigned against the new Federal government having the power to tax in order to support itself . . . which was the entire point of the new Constitution.

Madison knew that the fear of direct Federal taxation could destroy his campaign.  He had to do some political maneuvering to defuse the issue saying voluntary taxing would not work, "If some states contribute their quotas and others do not, justice is violated. . . . . Shall we put our trust in the system of requisitions, by which each state will furnish or not furnish its share as it may like?"

The author details an election that was hard fought.  The votes were cast at county courthouses under the supervision of the local sheriffs. 

People would walk in and announce their vote for Congress.  No "secret" ballot.  Real Americans proudly announced to their neighbors and the world who they supported.
In an Anti-Federalist district Madison won 57% of the vote.  A ringing endorsement for the new government.


Near the end of his life Chief Justice John
Marshall was asked to name the most eloquent
orator of his age.  "If it includes persuasion by
convincing, Mr. Madison was the most
eloquent man I ever heard."

The First Congress  -  There was an enormous task waiting for Madison and the others in the first Congress.  An entire government had to be created from scratch and there was the danger that a Bill of Rights could easily be pushed back to be dealt with later.
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As leader of the Federalists, Madison was front and center in bills creating the branches of government, financing and executive powers.
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Madison pushed and insisted that a Bill of Rights must be passed before Congress adjourned.  Finally the 12 amendments were passed, but only 10 finally being adopted.
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In 1790 James Monroe went on to be elected to the U.S. Senate. 

But while Congressman Madison was the architect in the creation of the United States, Senator Monroe hardly made his presence felt at all.  Monroe spent more time on his law practice back in Virginia than in affairs of state.

The author was probably right.  A rather "low energy" Anti-Federalist Congressman Monroe might have delayed or even prevented the adoption of the Bill of Rights.

An interesting side note, both Monroe and Madison became lifelong friends and political allies.  In 1828 Madison and Monroe were selected as Presidential Electors for the ticket of John Quincy Adams and in 1929 both served at the Virginia Constitutional Convention.

In April, 1831 Madison wrote his last letter to his friend speaking of the "uninterrupted friendship that unites us."  A few weeks later, on July 4th, 1831, Monroe died.

The book is an excellent read.  Anyone interested in the founding of the republic must add this to their library.

(Amazon.com)

James Madison wrote to George Washington regarding the first US Congress.  Madison saw the future of the nation more clearly than most:  
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"I see on the list of representatives a very scanty proportion who will share in the drudgery of business.  And I foresee contentions first between Federalists and Anti-Federalists parties, and then between northern and southern parties, which will give additional disagreeableness to the prospect."
James Madison



Washington crossing of the Delaware
James Monroe is depicted as holding the flag.

October 19th - Happy Yorktown Day

The Americans storming the redoubts on 14th October 1781
during the Battle of Yorktown.

October 19, 1781  -  The British surrender to General George Washington at Yorktown


Happy Yorktown Day Everyone. 

Oh, that's right.  Today a nation was born, but no one celebrates what is perhaps the most important day in the history of the United States.  There isn't even a phony, pretend made-up three day weekend for people to get drunk at a BBQ or go to a casino.

Modern Americans appear to neither know about their own heritage nor care.

But here at The Federalist blog I sit at my laptop and raise my glass of gin and tonic to our brave troops who kicked British imperialist ass so long ago.

The Battle of Yorktown took place from September 28 to October 19, 1781.  The battle was a decisive victory by a combined force of American Continental Army troops led by General George Washington and French Army troops led by the Comte de Rochambeau over a British Army commanded by Lieutenant General Lord Cornwallis.

The culmination of the Yorktown campaign, it proved to be the last major land battle of the American Revolutionary War in North America, as the surrender by Cornwallis of his army prompted the British government to negotiate an end to the conflict.

American Continental troops capture British guns

In 1780, 5,500 French soldiers landed in Rhode Island to assist their American allies in operations against British-controlled New York City. Following the arrival of dispatches from France that included the possibility of support from the French West Indies fleet of the Comte de Grasse, Washington and Rochambeau decided to ask de Grasse for assistance either in besieging New York, or in military operations against a British army operating in Virginia.

On the advice of Rochambeau, de Grasse informed them of his intent to sail to the Chesapeake Bay, where Cornwallis had taken command of the army. Cornwallis, at first given confusing orders by his superior officer, Henry Clinton, was eventually ordered to make a defensible deep-water port, which he began to do at Yorktown, Virginia. Cornwallis's movements in Virginia were shadowed by a Continental Army force led by the Marquis de Lafayette.


America's Final Victory - 1781

 

 

 

 

 

Washington firing the first shot at Yorktown.

 

 

The French and American armies united north of New York City during the summer of 1781. When word of de Grasse's decision arrived, the combined armies began moving south toward Virginia, engaging in tactics of deception to lead the British to believe a siege of New York was planned.

 

De Grasse sailed from the West Indies and arrived at the Chesapeake Bay at the end of August, bringing additional troops and providing a naval blockade of Yorktown. He was transporting 500,000 silver pesos collected from the citizens of Havana, Cuba, to fund supplies for the siege and payroll for the Continental Army

 

The troops engaged at Yorktown.

 

French: 10,800 regular.
29 war ships
22,000 Sailors

American: 8,845 regulars
3,100 militia

Britain: 9,000 (includes German troops)

 

 

In the beginning of September, he defeated a British fleet led by Sir Thomas Graves that came to relieve Cornwallis at the Battle of the Chesapeake. As a result of this victory, de Grasse blocked any escape by sea for Cornwallis. By late September Washington and Rochambeau arrived, and the army and naval forces completely surrounded Cornwallis.

 

After initial preparations, the Americans and French built their first parallel and began the bombardment. With the British defense weakened, Washington on October 14, 1781 sent two columns to attack the last major remaining British outer defenses. A French column took redoubt #9 and an American column redoubt #10. With these defenses taken, the allies were able to finish their second parallel.

 

With the American artillery closer and more intense than ever, the British situation began to deteriorate rapidly and Cornwallis asked for capitulation terms on the 17th. After two days of negotiation, the surrender ceremony took place on the 19th; Lord Cornwallis, claiming to be ill, was absent from the ceremony. With the capture of over 7,000 British soldiers, negotiations between the United States and Great Britain began, resulting in the Treaty of Paris in 1783.

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To read more:  Wikipedia - Siege of Yorktown

 

 

At Yorktown.

General George Washington reviews the captured British
army at the Battle of Yorktown.

American troops storming the redoubt

General Washington at Yorktown




The new portrait of George Washington by Igor Babailov

It is based precisely on the original sculptured likeness, transforming it into a painting. The artist’s portrait research and references also included Houdon's preliminary sculpture studies: the Washington's bust and the life mask at Mount Vernon, Virginia.

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"It is right that people in later generations could see my exact likeness"

George Washington

(About Houdon's sculpture)

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