This year, Feb. 22 marks the 290th anniversary of President George Washington’s birth. The founding father of the nation is often remembered as a great military leader and statesman, but little is known about his business ventures and innovations. Washington was not only the first president of the United States, but he was also the country’s…
EpochTV to Debut Exclusive Feature Film Trilogy ‘Washington’s Armor’
EpochTV will debut an exclusive feature film trilogy “Washington’s Armor” on Feb. 18. The film is based on factual accounts from the book “The Bulletproof George Washington” by David Barton, depicting the adventures of young George Washington 20 years prior to the Revolutionary War. The story portrays the true account of Washington’s journey as he encounters…
Epoch TV to Debut Exclusive Feature Film Trilogy ‘Washington’s Armor’
Epoch TV will debut an exclusive feature film trilogy “Washington’s Armor” on Feb. 18. The film is based on factual accounts from the book “The Bulletproof George Washington” by David Barton, depicting the adventures of young George Washington 20 years prior to the Revolutionary War. The story portrays the true account of Washington’s journey as he…
The Saving of Mount Vernon
“I was painfully distressed at the ruin and desolation of the home of Washington, and the thought passed through my mind: Why was it that the women of his country did not try to keep it in repair, if the men could not do it? It does seem such a blot on our country.”—Louisa Bird…
George Washington and Self-Government
Commentary As George Washington’s first presidential administration, the first term of government under the United States Constitution, neared its end in 1793, the president found himself confronting a form of populism antithetical to stable politics in a republic. The situation emerged from the turbulent development of highly polarized partisan politics, along with efforts by France’s…
Civic and Moral Virtues, the American Way
Commentary In declaring their independence from Great Britain, Americans famously asserted their unalienable rights. Much less conspicuously, but no less tellingly, they listed 10 moral responsibilities consonant with those rights. In announcing their political separation, they begin by acknowledging a duty to observe “a decent respect for the opinions of mankind” by stating the causes…
The ‘Most Sublime of Nature’s Works’
One of Virginia’s most amazing architectural treasures wasn’t formed by the hand of man at all, and it’s listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Thomas Jefferson once owned it. George Washington is said to have surveyed its location as a young lad of 17—though he was fully commissioned as a surveyor with a…
George Washington: Like a Culprit to His Execution
“My movements to the chair of Government will be accompanied with feelings not unlike those of a culprit who is going to the place of his execution.” These were the unenthusiastic words of George Washington, written to fellow Revolutionary War veteran Henry Knox on April 1, 1789, not long before his nearly inevitable election as…
Religion and the Moral Foundations of American Democracy
Commentary According to social scientists, traditional religiosity is in decline in contemporary America. Fewer Americans identify as members of long-established churches. Fewer Americans attend religious services on a weekly basis than in generations past. Some Americans view these developments in purely empirical terms, as evidence of a changing culture. Others, critics of traditional religion, take…
Lessons From George Washington
Character is often defined as who you are when no one is looking, but it can also be defined as who you are when you hold the fate of others in your hands. For a large portion of his illustrious military and political career, George Washington possessed such power. But it is how he restrained that power…
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