It would be impossible to do justice to George Washington in 300 words, but today is his 277th birthday and it would be worse to let the day pass without note. It's an understatement to say he was a remarkable man, and yet he has always seemed to me to be seriously under-appreciated in the country he, more than anyone, founded.He was reduced early on to a stereotype -- the little boy who cut down the cherry tree and could not tell a lie; then the adult who stood in row boats and wore wooden teeth. Even the spectacularly unglamorous Adams has had his day in the sun in recent years, while this physically impressive, morally righteous, courageous, charismatic leader remains the least dimensionalized of our founders. There should be a great movie made about him.
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I'll be traveling for a few days. Play nice everyone.
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