It’s George Washington’s Birthday, Not Presidents Day: Celebrating The Indispensable Man

Although the holiday was changed to President’s Day, for me, this day is a celebration of the first and best president in our history, George Washington. In American history, he is truly the indispensable man. 

Michael McKenna offers this shared view in his Washington Times column:

 

In the deep of a cold night almost 250 years ago, the remnants of an army waited for their turn to cross a river and head toward their enemy in hopes of surprising them on Christmas. Most troops had less than a week left in their enlistments and were already preparing to head home.

The fading prospects for American independence would go with them.

 

It would have been easy for those soldiers to have slipped off into the night, to not have gotten on the boats for this one final, probably pointless battle. However, just about all of them stayed to cross the Delaware, march to Trenton, and surprise and defeat the Hessians there on Dec. 26, 1776. More than any other, that victory changed the fortunes of the Revolution.

 

Today, as we have for almost 200 years, we will celebrate Gen. George Washington, the author of that victory, and much of the reason why the Continental Army survived the dark and terrible days in late 1776.

 

Contrary to popular belief and the efforts of salesmen throughout the land, no Congress nor Ppresident has ever changed this celebration to the abomination that is “Presidents Day.” That’s good because the assortment of mostly mediocre American presidents deserves no celebration.

 

You can read the rest of the column via the below link:

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2022/feb/20/its-george-washingtons-birthday-not-presidents-day/

 To learn more about George Washington, I suggest you read James Thomas Elexner's Washington: The Indispensable Man.

First In War, First in Peace And First In The Hearts Of His Countrymen: Happy Birthday To America's 'Indispensable Man,' George Washington

"First in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen," Henry “Light Horse Harry” Lee said of our late first president.

He was also, as James Thomas Flexner called him, 'The Indispensable Man." 

As History.com notes, today is George Washington’s birthday.

On this day in 1732, George Washington is born in Westmoreland County, Virginia, the second son from the second marriage of a colonial plantation owner. An initially loyal British subject, Washington eventually led the Continental Army in the American Revolution and became known as the father of the United States.

You can read the rest of the piece via the below link:

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/george-washington-is-born 

Note: In addition to James Thomas Flexner's book, if you would like to learn more about George Washington, our greatest president, as well as Benedict Arnold, our greatest traitor, I recommend highly Nathaniel Philbrick's Valiant Ambition: George Washington, Benedict Arnold and the Fate of the American Revolution.