George Washington's final years

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Through eight grueling years of the Revolutionary War, and another eight as the first President of the United States, George Washington was sustained by a dream, of the day he would return to Mount Vernon, his beloved plantation high above the Potomac River, where at 65 years old he aspired to a peaceful retirement as a farmer. But that's not quite how it turned out. His post-presidency was filled with controversy, intrigue, and personal torment. CBS News chief Washington correspondent Chip Reid visits Mount Vernon, and talks with Jonathan Horn, author of "Washington's End: The Final Years and Forgotten Struggle."
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@J.J.G991 3 роки тому

Respect history, learn from history, don't change history and never erase it.

@ericmarin6454 Рік тому

Wish more people thought like this, especially teachers and professors..

@mrwaterschoot5617 Рік тому

i agree things happen for a reason if you hide it or revise it like taking the statues of honorable southern soliders of the confederacy doing thier job but not having the right to call themselves the winner. we need to respect their actions and not the results we need to chose to disagree and work towards healing otherwise we end up picking at a scab until it bleeds again. we see that with the decision to reverse roe vs wade. removal of southern military soldiers. well then should we remove all statues of north south and in between from civil war and monuments related to anything. i can understand not adding new statues but removal or hiding the statues is sinful to the artisans who spent time on earth to manufacture the statues and now we remove and hide then because some small group of people do not like the statues. are we going to cover or remove the confederate soldiers that grace the granite face of stone mountain in the georgia.

@lawrenceallen8096 Рік тому

But don't hide it either. Washington freed his slaves upon his death (in his will). That somehow didn't make the story? OMISSION is propaganda. Shame on CBS or anyone who endorses this form of lying.

@mrwaterschoot5617 Рік тому

@@lawrenceallen8096. i heard that. mr. allen i agree mr george freed his slaves at his death in his last will and testament. but was it just his slaves or did that included martha's slaves also it does not address the possiblity like in the movie when the hershey special dark chocolate skin colored lady heavy set 'mammie' stayed with Scarlett O'Hara her master even though she was a freed (man) person. she could have been afraid to be a freed (woman) person. or may be the not good that you know is better than the good or not so good that happens with change. so in sometimes we chose not to change even if changing is better. tangential to the thought that garth brooks had related to the oklahoma bombing about change and the key words were 'it will not change me" the bombings would not change him looking forward toward better things will god's blessing. another tangential thought is related to garth's song the dance. in his latest official music video on u-tube. he gives his thoughts about his video. it is about (black and white and lots of gray) events over 50 years of news. the key words ' i could have missed the pain, but then i would have missed the dance. shalom and peace to all the earthlings and god will care for those that god called from earth to the proverbial pearly gates.to be interviewed for entrance to heaven for eternity or a position in the place were the hot light stays on for eternity. have a good day and a better tomorrow with the grace of god.

@lawrenceallen8096 Рік тому

@@mrwaterschoot5617 P.S. Only a heathen atheist poser would not capitalize God. But then again, you are "capitalization" and "punctuation" and "grammatically" challenged. Learn to write, son.

@TXMEDRGR 4 роки тому

There would not be a United States, if not for Washington.

@evelynpugh2787 4 роки тому

There would not be a United States if weren't for the millions of enslaved Black Africans !!!

@charlesmendias1062 4 роки тому

@@evelynpugh2787 over 30 states didn't have slaves. That's why

@diastoleny 4 роки тому

KAG 1776

@magnus08f250 4 роки тому

Evelyn Pugh only 400 thousand made it to the states

@rockyracoon3233 4 роки тому

@Roger Martin . And Spain?? Cuba has slavery for 373 years! Care to explain!

@philipgates988 4 роки тому

He had a rough life, between the Indian Wars and the Revolution. He spent 20 years outdoors suffering.

@jasonraczkowski6001 4 роки тому

Yup

@evelynpugh2787 4 роки тому

He led a privileged life.

@philipgates988 4 роки тому

Run Gunn Free Rent though.

@henryosborne7052 4 роки тому

Run Gunn Man, you’re obsessed

@henryosborne7052 4 роки тому

Run Gunn Effeminate white guilt

@stevend.bennett427 Рік тому

He spoke at two intervals before dying. The first, "I die hard, but I am not afraid to go." The second and last when the thought he might be buried while still alive made him stress to the doctor he not be interred for three days. "Do you understand?" The doctor said he did, which brought his last words, "'Tis well."

@arthurmead5341 7 місяців тому

It wasn't his doctor, it was his secretary

@susanb2015 4 місяці тому

@@arthurmead5341They used to have little bells attached to coffins that you could ring if you were buried alive. "Saved by the bell".

@arthurmead5341 4 місяці тому

@@susanb2015 Yes later on they did, but what does that have to do with this? That's not the origin of the expression either, it comes from boxing.

@susanb2015 4 місяці тому

@@arthurmead5341 I've read that it comes from both boxing and coffin bells. So which is it? It has everything to do with the first comment. Washington was terrified of being buried alive.

@hlnbee Рік тому

I love Mount Vernon and lived near it for decades.

@adamchurvis1 4 роки тому

I have the newspaper that announced his death and funeral in December, 1799, which includes a diagram of the Masonic Brothers who surrounded his casket. It's a fascinating piece of history.

@prezidenttrump5171 4 роки тому

I have that one too, it's an obvious fake.

@adamchurvis1 4 роки тому

@@prezidenttrump5171 It's one of the Back Number Budd reproductions. We always knew it was a reproduction, as should everyone else because there are only two originals in existence, but it is still very cool in its frame. It's more valuable as an important part of the history of African-American business.

@dignityputnam6641 4 роки тому

Would you be interested in selling it?

@SCscoutguy 4 роки тому

@@dignityputnam6641 They are extremely common so you should have no problem finding one for sale. They go for around $20-$30 on ebay.

@ilikegirls9946 4 роки тому

I have like 6 of them

@shannon9155 3 роки тому

We should be grateful for George Washington and his vision of America. They were really brilliant with what they did to create the United States of America.

@thisguy73 5 місяців тому

He and Trump were our 2 greatest presidents. Per Trump.

@adamhuffman3354 5 місяців тому

Yes! He put all of himself into this country

@acdragonrider 4 роки тому

I don’t blame him for still being in love with sally. Who can really ever forget their first love?

@PlannedObsolescence 4 роки тому

I've never had one. And if the guy I'm with can't forget his first love, then I don't want to be with him.

@ronleon62 4 роки тому

@@PlannedObsolescence And he would be well to be rid of you.

@charlesarens2084 4 роки тому

I’m Not A Gamer i

@DainBramaged00 4 роки тому

Some things should remain private, and I think this brand of tabloid history only ends up demeaning history.

@porkyfedwell 4 роки тому

Depends on what your first love turned out to be. :)

@xvsj5833 4 роки тому

Great Leaders are human. Humans all have a story to tell.

@hmackprotection1 4 роки тому

X VSJ Shut up

@jdouce6074 4 роки тому

Oh yes. Leaders have the most underrated stories at times

@wrestlingbrian123 4 роки тому

The father of the United States Of America George Washington R.I.P.

@vinceniederman 4 роки тому

wrestlingbrain123 I Have Great Respect For Our First President!

@stevenguatemoc1509 4 роки тому

@Roger Martin mexia is native it's in our dna!

@magnus08f250 4 роки тому

Roger Martin lmao what a clown

@umarabdullah5510 4 роки тому

Sounds like he and Biden had similarities

@Dennis-nc3vw 3 роки тому

@Roger Martin Indians and Mexicans had slavery too. Stop playing 'stick it to the man.'

@johnwilletts3984 4 роки тому

From U.K. In the centre of London in Trafalgar Square stands a statue of George Washington. On a hill overlooking my home town of Rotherham Yorkshire stands Boston Castle. This was built during the revolutionary war, to commentate the Boston Tea Party. Founding Father Thomas Payne visited Rotherham after the war. The support for the colonists and Patriot politics here in England is now almost forgotten.

@chaosXP3RT 3 роки тому

George Washington's views in slavery changed after the Revolution. He wanted pass anti-slavery legislation, but was afraid doing so would divide the country. He voiced to several witnesses his growing disgust with slavery, but repeatedly refused abolishionist petitions against slavery. Finally he wrote in his will that he wanted all his slaves to be freed upon Martha's death and for then to be "adequately supplied for their own free lives." Martha freed all his slaves a year after George's death, but some stayed because they didn't want to be separated from their family members still in slavery or they stayed near Martha. Until the 1830's, according to George's will, funds were secured to continue to feed, clothe and give medicine to his former slaves.

@marylamb7707 3 роки тому

And now, blacks want to destroy his statues. 😢

@Jake-nk4wg 3 роки тому

Freed after he had no more use for them; worked so hard to near death. Freed without training, a place to go, property to own, to be hired as a human, freed into a hostile society where one could be murdered for not keeping your head down, etc. Not to destroy, dear, but to be placed where they belong which are museums. You can visit your little statues there and learn. People of color don't wish to be reminded daily of how they are thought of. Part of the reason there is such divisiveness. By the way: George Washington: Called the “Village Burner” in Mohawk because of all the villages he ordered burned. Villages would be surrounded: as “people came running out” they would be shot, stabbed, women, children and elders alike. In one campaign alone “hundreds of thousands died from New York across Pennsylvania, West Virginia and into Ohio”. He traded and benefited by owning human flesh, and built his wealth, power, fame and glory on the backs of Blacks and Native Americans held in bondage for life.

@holdenmcgroin9774 Рік тому

does not mean anything but nice try in painting a holy picture or painting a 2022 picture. they still believed in slavery by the very fact that they owned slaves and probably had wild sex with his slaves.

@GDuncan8002 5 місяців тому

@@Jake-nk4wg A BS narrative created specifically to make Washington look inhumane when actually he wasn't. There were slaves at all stages of life at Mount Vernon so they certainly were not worn out, nor were they freed for that reason. Washington stipulated in his will that elderly slaves or those who were too sick to work were to be supported throughout their lives by his estate. Children without parents, or those whose families were unable to see to their education were to be watched over by masters and mistresses who would teach them reading, writing, and a useful trade, until they were ultimately freed at the age of twenty-five. People today who struggle in a civil society have no one to blame but themselves, certainly not someone who lived 250 years ago.

@Monster_Mover_Stocks 4 роки тому

"Although he was just 66 years old"??? That was ancient back in the 1700's so I would have expected him to be plagued with health issues.

@bbmeow2740 4 роки тому

Check out the ages of Ben Franklin, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson I thought. They all live to be pretty old as well. I think it has something to do with quality of life.

@Monster_Mover_Stocks 4 роки тому

@@bbmeow2740 Yeah, but that wasn't the norm.

@Magnetron33 4 роки тому

No toxins and hormones in the food, cleaner air no body destroying pharmaceuticals.

@Magnetron33 4 роки тому

I was talking about growth hormones used in cattle. Ever heard of it?

@trajan75 4 роки тому

@@Monster_Mover_Stocks Well it could be, if one didn't succumb to infectious diseases. Also the infant mortality rate was very high. So if we counted aborions as a form of infant mortality our longevity rate would be much lower.

@liliana1lfr 4 роки тому

Wow, the things we take for granted.. medication for a sore throat. And, President Washington will never be forgotten.

@bablumenthal9703 3 роки тому

Some think it was what we now call 'strep'

@Jake-nk4wg 3 роки тому

Liliana, yes that evil man will never be forgotten. George Washington: Called the “Village Burner” in Mohawk because of all the villages he ordered burned. Villages would be surrounded: as “people came running out” they would be shot, stabbed, women, children and elders alike. In one campaign alone “hundreds of thousands died from New York across Pennsylvania, West Virginia and into Ohio”. He traded and benefited by owning human flesh, and built his wealth, power, fame and glory on the backs of Blacks and Native Americans held in bondage for life.

@holdenmcgroin9774 Рік тому

@@Jake-nk4wg Americans don't want to see their heroes in a bad light.

@Jake-nk4wg Рік тому

@@holdenmcgroin9774 I'm an American and am more than willing to uncover any evil/savage individual once considered heroic by the majority. History is written by its victors whether it is true or not and most is written to make their heroes "look good" no matter the truth.

@JENDALL714 Рік тому

@@Jake-nk4wg You do know Indians also owned slaves? In fact they refused to free their slaves even after the Civil War because they said it was the "White Man's" law, it took 7 years before they finally freed their slaves!

@Snackyyz 3 роки тому

It’s always good to see there heroes and legends become humanized. He never really stopped loving someone even though he was a married man and contradicted his own words with actions. Very human traits.

@oyaami1874 Рік тому

People say the same about Hitler

@Snackyyz Рік тому

@@oyaami1874 ya momma

@nancyfreire4119 3 роки тому

Thank you for the history lesson. 🙋‍♀️

@rsattahip 4 роки тому

Washington's doctors drained half his blood when all he had was a throat infection. The story of his actual death and the quackery medical care he received is fascinating. Bleeding was common at the time, doctors were dangerous.

@JohnSmith-io2iw 4 роки тому

Robin Sattahip Sounds like the doctors of today.

@gtate135 4 роки тому

Still can be

@kevinr.3542 4 роки тому

A good blood draining always puts an extra hop in my step..it's so refreshing. leeches too

@texastea5686 4 роки тому

@@kevinr.3542 🤣

@edwardcricchio6106 4 роки тому

Washington's doctors had heard of a new procedure called a tracheotomy that could have allowed him to breath as his air passage was blocked due to the throat infection. However. as with so many American doctors at that time, they didn't trust European methods of medicine, so they didn't do it. 80 years later, American doctors killed President Garfield because they mistrusted European doctors methods of keeping things sterile and clean. (Dr. Joseph Lister)

@dustinmichaels623 3 роки тому

George Washington fought in the revolutionary war and was the first president But his last words was tis well What a badass

@Platyfurmany 4 роки тому

What so many people forget or don't actually know, men like Washington and Jefferson could not, by very specific and strict laws in Virginia, set their slaves free while they lived. Jefferson campaigned bitterly against these laws to no effect. The only way legal and without severe penalties either men could set their slaves free was to do so through their wills upon their deaths.

@walterwhite4693 2 роки тому

Virginia abolished that law in 1782. Both Washington and Jefferson could have freed all of their slaves long before either of them died. Stop trying to defend them. They created a flawed system that favors rich white men over everyone else.

@FamilyGuy770 2 роки тому

@@walterwhite4693 Thank you for being realistic and truthful! 😊

@oyaami1874 Рік тому

That is not true

@Cangelo629 Рік тому

It is true ...

@holdenmcgroin9774 Рік тому

@jeffm3163 3 роки тому

So true. Do not judge history by today’s standards. You who think you are pious will be judged harshly by tomorrow’s standards.

@mikeulos6661 3 роки тому

HolyCow ItsRumsda in George Washington’s time it was extremely common to own other human beings. You have no idea what facets of society we consider completely normal will be condemned by future generations

@mikeulos6661 3 роки тому

HolyCow ItsRumsda how do you not know that eating meat will not be condemned in 200 years? People will justify their belief that meat eaters were evil by pointing out that organizations like PETA existed. Just because some people disagreed with a societal norm, doesn’t mean that it wasn’t a societal norm. It simply comes down to treat people the way you want to be treated. We want future generations to judge us by our standards. Thus we must treat the past by their standards.

@izraelite2908 3 роки тому

@@rhettsycoplando4064 This is an excellent point... including Washington and Jefferson. People act like 'they didn't know better back then', but their own writings condemn them. They knew better, but would not do better.

@Dennis-nc3vw 3 роки тому

@@izraelite2908 "Normal" does not mean every single person supported it. Abortion is "normal" today, but 50% of the country is still against it. Most of the world supported slavery back then, so the fact that Washington even freed his slaves on his deathbed makes him better than average.

@Jake-nk4wg 3 роки тому

@@Dennis-nc3vw George Washington: Called the “Village Burner” in Mohawk because of all the villages he ordered burned. Villages would be surrounded: as “people came running out” they would be shot, stabbed, women, children and elders alike. In one campaign alone “hundreds of thousands died from New York across Pennsylvania, West Virginia and into Ohio”. He traded and benefited by owning human flesh, and built his wealth, power, fame and glory on the backs of Blacks and Native Americans held in bondage for life.

@lesliecarleton4507 3 роки тому

I started watching this because it looked interesting and then suddenly a familiar face showed up. I interned for Jonathan Horn when he was a speech writer for the Secretary of Education in DC!! 🤯

@randomcontentking9521 2 роки тому

Niiice

@sheripoole489 5 місяців тому

My husband’s comment was…Hey, your Grandmother looks like him…every time I look at a $1.00 bill, I think of her❤️

@scottfulps2065 4 роки тому

George Washington was the only man absolutely indispensable to the Revolution. A truly great person and a Giant among giants.

@r13hd22 4 роки тому

I think history would disagree with that statement. Remove one of many and it would all have fallen apart.

@scottfulps2065 4 роки тому

R13h D Actually, history agrees. Read the papers of the Revolution and you will find that Washington was the glue which held it all together.

@r13hd22 4 роки тому

@Ronnie Mozingo Yep. Many were indispensable.

@edp3202 4 місяці тому

He could have been King but rejected it.

@jdouce6074 4 роки тому

This is a timely clip for my current personal life events. Thank you Father God for confirmation and UKposts for recommending this

@r.annrousseau170 4 роки тому

Go's bless George Washington. One of the greatest Presidents whoever lived

@hmackprotection1 4 роки тому

R. Ann Rousseau God isn’t blessings that satanic piece of trash

@r.annrousseau170 4 роки тому

@@hmackprotection1 Thete is nothing satanic about him. Our country is blessed with another great, courageous leader.

@charlesmendias1062 4 роки тому

@@hmackprotection1 leave.

@hmackprotection1 4 роки тому

Charles Mendias gladly. Hand me around $2.7million dollars, and I will leave America and never return. If this satanic government had any Scrupulous they would simply financially compensate the Decedents of American Slavery the same way they financially compensated the Native Americans, and I Guarantee you not only would this country be far better off morally, and race relations wise, there would be a significant number of Black People who would gladly move out of the United States with 5yrs time.

@Arbeedubya 4 роки тому

@southerncajuncharm I think "Honest Abe" would give him some competition for that title.

@libertyann439 4 роки тому

Washington would really be concerned about his legacy today.

@rl3293 7 місяців тому

I've visited the Grist mill a few times when I lived in Arlington. Fascinating and you could purchase the ground wheat after watching it be ground.

@MTknitter22 3 роки тому

Snarky things about Washington, and it will not diminish the greatness of this man one bit.

@Jake-nk4wg 3 роки тому

Interesting!! George Washington: Called the “Village Burner” in Mohawk because of all the villages he ordered burned. Villages would be surrounded: as “people came running out” they would be shot, stabbed, women, children and elders alike. In one campaign alone “hundreds of thousands died from New York across Pennsylvania, West Virginia and into Ohio”. He traded and benefited by owning human flesh, and built his wealth, power, fame and glory on the backs of Blacks and Native Americans held in bondage for life.

@rodolfoayalajr.8589 4 роки тому

Thank you 🙏🏻 for our America. Amen 🙏🏻

@helenekaminsky Рік тому

MS. PAULEY, THE BEST SEGMENT.

@abdacnc3969 2 роки тому

A true hero and father of the nation

@bigsky2256 Рік тому

"One EYE on History" Love it patriots!!

@sublime090909 3 роки тому

I miss Washington so much. Can't believe it's been 288 years already! See you again soon bb

@equine2020 4 місяці тому

A true patriot. Country 1st.

@hhenry3 7 місяців тому

The audio on this story is very low. My device is maxed out. Can the audio be adjusted please?

@kimweidner7351 4 роки тому

I think it is a shame that slavery existed. But it did and we can't erase that fact. We should talk about it fully informed, with respect and care for the ancestors of our country. George Washington could no't help the era he was birthed into anymore than we can help what century we are born into with all it's social vices. George Washington inherited his slaves. As far as I have learned and understood, he did not purchase them. How on Earth is he supposed to change an institution that he was born into? He was one man who did AMAZING things for our country. However, It would have to take more than one man to abolish slavery - and unfortunately during his era, people had poor attitudes of others who were in bondage making it impossible for even our beloved President George Washington to illuminate the horrors of human bondage. Our entire country to this day continues to suffer over this. The best way to heal and forgive is to deal with it truthfully.

@FacheChanteDeux 4 роки тому

He was right to worry, look at who we are dealing with now!

@DavianSinner 4 роки тому

I know. Stupid Democrats.

@jdouce6074 4 роки тому

Facts

@drott150 3 роки тому

@Fussbudget the Ninth An equal share in the destruction? The GOP RINOs are corrupt no doubt, but they're not inviting in the entire 3rd world and converting us over to communism!

@BeTheLight624 2 місяці тому

Heartbreaking that a man who did so much for his country got so little in return. I guess you could say that about Lincoln and Grant, too, but with Washington it really stands out. May he rest in peace and may we be ever thankful for all he did.

@jude999 10 місяців тому

He could have declared himself King he was so wildly popular after his impossible defeat of the British Empire. Yet, he stepped down. Name another example of that in History. I am eternally grateful for the miracle of our Founding Fathers, whose government is still working 250 years later.

@buffmf 8 місяців тому

No mention of Washington's freeing of his slaves in his last will and testament. Martha, afraid of living in a situation where the slaves knew they would be freed upon her death, released them earlier than planned.

@SuperGaleford 4 роки тому

He’s looking good for 288 years old

@polomare2027 4 роки тому

I wonder, did Washington speak with a British accent? Or did the colonies already have their own American accent at that time?

@K0GNITION 4 роки тому

The American accent is actually older than the modern English one. The early English pioneers that settled the colonies had a similar accent to the one that we Americans have today. The modern English accent was developed later.

@afweath05 4 роки тому

There's some videos here on youtube that discuss how the Appalacha/Appalachian accent is as close to the English spoken in England when England settled in America.

@afweath05 4 роки тому

ukposts.info/have/v-deo/aGOaq3eQa4Gdqok.html

@peggysullivan5396 4 роки тому

Polo Mare yes they did have their own

@henriquebraga5266 3 роки тому

@@K0GNITION "The American accent" Which one?

@supportyourtroopsathletes6460 4 роки тому

He lived a full life if you think about it. At that time, living past 40 was old and not common to live past pretty much and many people today average 65 to 70 on average with those those exceptions grow older.

@ar-jv5fc 4 роки тому

6:58 History has its eyes on you!

@robertlynch7013 4 роки тому

If it wasnt for these imperfect men, Washington, Adams,Jefferson, we would not have a united states of America. Times were very different then. We have to keep that in mind as well.

@johnwikesbooth8654 3 роки тому

We mourn the lose of our father R.I.P we all love you George You We’re The Best Warrior We Will Never Forget You Ur A Good Man

@_mohashazshay2296 3 роки тому

Why you shot Abraham Lincoln

@johnwikesbooth8654 3 роки тому

@@_mohashazshay2296 because I have a right to

@Barbie-zu7wv 3 роки тому

He should have been a King

@johnwikesbooth8654 3 роки тому

@@Barbie-zu7wv who?

@Barbie-zu7wv 3 роки тому

@@johnwikesbooth8654 George

@buntline1873 2 роки тому

I love these modern hit pieces.

@worldwarfreak0765 2 роки тому

“Tis Well”

@diningroomfish5470 3 роки тому

He was a strong man and a great man RIP FATHER

@simonacannizzo5141 4 роки тому

Washington died the same day my dad was born in the late 50s. I can personally see how he can be not only my second country’s father but a fatherhead to me❤️

@Abcdefg-fl9td 3 місяці тому

Would love to visit that place 😃

@Fat12219 2 місяці тому

Mr. Washington was a tough guy , under pressure , battles !!

@gtate135 4 роки тому

Great man, thanks George

@Jake-nk4wg 3 роки тому

Yes, "thanks george"!! George Washington: Called the “Village Burner” in Mohawk because of all the villages he ordered burned. Villages would be surrounded: as “people came running out” they would be shot, stabbed, women, children and elders alike. In one campaign alone “hundreds of thousands died from New York across Pennsylvania, West Virginia and into Ohio”. He traded and benefited by owning human flesh, and built his wealth, power, fame and glory on the backs of Blacks and Native Americans held in bondage for life.

@alon4039 3 роки тому

@@Jake-nk4wg ok Jake from State Farm!

@Jake-nk4wg 3 роки тому

@@alon4039 Thanks for the smile during the seriousness of topic and conversation. :)

@alon4039 3 роки тому

@@Jake-nk4wg Welcome 😌

@edwinamendelssohn5129 Рік тому

@@Jake-nk4wg tripe

@tomloft2000 4 роки тому

I carry his photo with me all the time.

@greatestwithin3700 3 роки тому

We all do technically

@stabbityjoe7588 3 роки тому

dolar

@adorabasilwinterpock6035 3 роки тому

Photography did not exist when he was alive

@greatestwithin3700 3 роки тому

@@adorabasilwinterpock6035 we’re talking about the dollar 🤦‍♂️

@statesk8r 3 роки тому

@@adorabasilwinterpock6035 LMFAO

@scottaznavourian540 3 роки тому

Caught his fatal cold attending his farm in a freezing snowstorm. Despite the reports of his bad health...if he had run again in 1796 he would have lived longer. He also freed slaves in his will

@shaneanthony1278 4 роки тому

History is amazing

@bobbynothin 4 роки тому

Also very dark and tragic.

@enoch327 4 роки тому

To his credit Washington did not stand for a third term. He accepted command of the army with the proviso that Hamilton would be the actual field commander. He also turned the offer to be head of all the Freemasons. So I am still convinced that while he was happy serving America, he was happier still at Mt. Vernon. To me he remains the American Cincinnatus.

@holdenmcgroin9774 Рік тому

@enoch327 Рік тому

@@holdenmcgroin9774 What can I say? You are right and I am wrong. I wrote this two years ago. I always thought him being impotent from having the mumps as an adult was fake news.

@timf2279 7 місяців тому

Unlike FDR, the tyrant who held 4 terms.

@johnmauceri21 3 роки тому

I thought Alexander Hamilton was the leader of the Federalist Party.

@stephenrussell704 3 роки тому

He was. Alexander Hamilton was a Federalist Thomas Jefferson was a Democratic-Republican

@stanream3957 3 роки тому

Read the letters between George and Lafayette .

@maryjanebrown4667 Рік тому

Now and always my favorite President.

@TheKeithbruce 4 роки тому

i wish hollywood would for once tell the truth about history

@corey-bird3489 4 роки тому

lastinline bruce The Crossing with Jeff Daniels is superb.

@jordanastro4694 4 роки тому

“He was just 66 years old” wasn’t that considered pretty old for someone living in the 1700s?

@scoo637 4 роки тому

Yes, I think so too. They usually only live to 50, at most, because infection, poor quality food.

@mmmttttdddd 4 роки тому

Ben Franklin lived to be 84, John Adams lived to be 90, dying in 1826. So I think it was the high child mortality rate that caused a lower average lifespan among the population.

@bradjbourgeois73 4 роки тому

No, life expectancy was lower then because it is an average of all lives, including babies that died and soldiers that died in war.

@chewie2055 4 роки тому

Jordan Astro Not for his wealth.....

@seththomas9105 4 роки тому

Remember the Founding Fathers were all wealthy men that could afford health care(as it was) and good food and housing. Makes a difference

@Cooler7328 5 місяців тому

An ad with patrick stewart played after this video. How very fitting.

@mmc7405 3 роки тому

Does anyone know what the brass music is at 6:17? I’m guessing it’s a Bach Chorale. Does anyone recognize which one it is?

@GweGwe-lu9ob 4 роки тому

God bless America 🇺🇸🦅

@gomerhanger2285 3 роки тому

What a great man!

@Jake-nk4wg 3 роки тому

Yes it was: George Washington: Called the “Village Burner” in Mohawk because of all the villages he ordered burned. Villages would be surrounded: as “people came running out” they would be shot, stabbed, women, children and elders alike. In one campaign alone “hundreds of thousands died from New York across Pennsylvania, West Virginia and into Ohio”. He traded and benefited by owning human flesh, and built his wealth, power, fame and glory on the backs of Blacks and Native Americans held in bondage for life.

@gomerhanger2285 3 роки тому

@@Jake-nk4wg lol! even African kings and tribes benefited from slavery.

@Jake-nk4wg 3 роки тому

@@gomerhanger2285 The discussion is/was about George and his vile actions; is deflection your only recourse? Since you brought it up a few "African Kings" did benefit; however, when they held their defeated captive they were able to work and move up in their community as regular citizens. Not Amerikkka for slavery was meant (and was) to be perpetual but not in Africa during those savage centuries. When these so called "African Kings" didn't have enough defeated people from other tribes held captive to trade these kings and his community were taken into captivity. Tell the entire story not just some to help you deflect.

@honestmagafanhonestbillsfa452 3 роки тому

@@Jake-nk4wg lol if you hate America so much then leave.

@Jake-nk4wg 3 роки тому

@@honestmagafanhonestbillsfa452 "Ain't" going no where; I'm free to speak out against Amerikkka's many many evils and non democracy actions as much as I wish. My family lineage to this area of the once beautiful world goes back at least 600 years. Even if I'm just a first generation still possess the right to speak as I please; this is not russia. You'll leave before I.

@57highland 8 місяців тому

Washington acquired Mt. Vernon from his older half brother, who named "Mt. Vernon" after a British admiral he had served under.

@Fat12219 4 місяці тому

Mr Washington was a tough man 😮

@TooChakalypse 3 роки тому

If CBS released this 4 months later, they'd be canceled.

@iwatchhentaieverydaywithsenpai 3 роки тому

People be sensitive these days bruh

@GhostBoy1023 3 роки тому

What, why?

@delltube777 4 роки тому

Why malign America's greatest icon? Think of what this story is saying, Washington: acted like a king, was hated by founding fathers, used his slaves teeth as dentures, struggled to raise step-grandchildren, emotionally cheated on Martha, had scandals covered up by Martha burning letters, was only successful because he owned hundreds of slaves, said he didn't like slavery but whipped his own without issue. This is the portrait of a terrible person. The only positive (actually neutral) things mentioned are: he had a garden, a distillery, and wrote letters. Is this a fair summation of Washington's retirement? Did he do nothing admirable? I'm not a historian but Jonathan Horn's book seems completely focused on only those things modern America would find objectionable.

@johnfd0210 4 роки тому

I agree. I don't feel the need to know everything. I am glad Martha Washington burned their letters, their private lives are known of out business.

@nghtwtchmn129 4 роки тому

@@johnfd0210 Bess Truman did the same with her letters to Harry.

@robynsmith5770 4 роки тому

History is history. Public figures are just that, public. And we must accept that there are warts on beloved figures. Believing only the myths of perfection does no good to anyone.

@LaLaGrunge 4 роки тому

Robyn Smith It is about balance. Unfortunately, in 2020, American public education stresses the negatives of these historical figures much more than the positives.

@captainmomeyer2237 4 роки тому

He paid one of his slaves $200 for a tooth. The written contract still exists. Was a common practice back then.

@felixmadison5736 6 місяців тому

67 year-old was like 97 today, so not bad.

@sammysaver1664 3 роки тому

i hope he will always rest in peace

@CaptchaNeon 3 роки тому

His 288th birthday 🥱 he’s been dead for ages but it is interesting to hear his final days

@Jake-nk4wg 3 роки тому

Befitting ending for the type of individual he was. George Washington: Called the “Village Burner” in Mohawk because of all the villages he ordered burned. Villages would be surrounded: as “people came running out” they would be shot, stabbed, women, children and elders alike. In one campaign alone “hundreds of thousands died from New York across Pennsylvania, West Virginia and into Ohio”. He traded and benefited by owning human flesh, and built his wealth, power, fame and glory on the backs of Blacks and Native Americans held in bondage for life.

@petero5251 3 роки тому

Even George Washington was just a human being, just like you and me. He wasn't a God. Try to imagine being him and do things as he did in that timeline.

@jimgordon6629 Рік тому

When George III was told that Washington intended to give up the presidency and retire to Mount Vernon, the king said “If he does that, he will be the greatest man in the world.”

@holdenmcgroin9774 Рік тому

he wanted to be closer to his slaves who tended to him hand and foot. Nice try in painting a holy picture. Probably beating his slaves for stealing food.

@juliegogo2941 4 роки тому

Interesting how history does live on.

@benmarleor 4 роки тому

For those confused/angered about the Republican Party reference: Jefferson’s party was called the Republican Party in his day. By the time of Jackson, it became known as the Democratic Party. Later, historians started calling Jefferson's Republicans ''Democratic-Republicans'' to distinguish them from the modern GOP.

@edwardcricchio6106 4 роки тому

Lord Marleor: Jefferson and Madison's political party was the Democratic-Republican party. At that time they were known as Republicans. It wasn't modern day historians who changed it. In fact, in Jefferson's Inaugural Address in March of 1801, he says, "We are all Federalists, we are all Republicans". trying to calm the fears of the Federalists who were worried about not only a new President but a new political party coming into power. True, the Democratic-Republicans would become the Democratic Party by the time Andrew Jackson was elected in 1828, but it wasn't historians who changed the name to avoid confusion with today's Republican party.

@benmarleor 4 роки тому

@@edwardcricchio6106 It actually was historians who started referring much later to Jefferson's Republicans as "Democratic-Republicans" to avoid confusion with the 1854 Republican Party, the founders of which, by the way, having adopted that name to honor the original Republican Party, though their philosophy was quite different from the Jeffersonian Republicans (the founders of the GOP took the name because they wanted to uphold 'Republican virtues' of free soil and liberty). Jefferson never called himself a "Democratic-Republican," only "Republican." The party became the "Democratic Party" by 1828 as the Republicans had split. The Adams/Clay Republicans became known as National Republicans (later Whigs; many former Federalists joined this party), and the Jackson Republicans became known as Democrats.

@edwardcricchio6106 4 роки тому

@@benmarleor taught US history for 30 years, I think I know what you are saying.

@benmarleor 4 роки тому

@@edwardcricchio6106 I have a degree in history and have studied it in depth since I was 4, Presidents being my specialty.

@edwardcricchio6106 4 роки тому

@@benmarleor, very good. Not too many of us around.

@LILTONY1961 Рік тому

And yes...he was a Irishman!

@kcmullins6179 3 роки тому

I'm a great great great great great nephew of George Washington he is my blood uncle and his parents are my ancestorial grandparents. From my mom's side of the family which is the ball family

@Barbie-zu7wv 3 роки тому

Oh nice

@Voltaire8559 6 місяців тому

Does anyone know the name of the tune towards the end of the video when they talked about Washington’s death?

@jonasschroder8301 4 роки тому

Republicans weren’t around at the time of Jefferson, it wasn’t founded until 1854

@TubenIt83 4 роки тому

KM Stevens - but the story just refers to them as “Republicans” suggesting a tie to the modern GOP.

@jec1ny 4 роки тому

Jefferson's party was the forerunner of the modern Democratic Party.

@Magnetron33 4 роки тому

I thought Whigs and Torys were a couple of the key partys in the 1700s

@STho205 4 роки тому

Yes the Democratic-Republicans of the 1790s thru the 1820 died out as a party, just as the Federalists never recovered from their Hartford Connecticut attempt to secede from the Union in 1814 and died out. The modern Democratic Party liked to claim Jefferson as well as Jackson as their founder. They held the annual Jefferson-Jackson Dinner each year for the party elite, until they changed the name in the last election cycle. In truth the Democratic-Republicans only shared a coincidental name with the two current parties. It was a party of landed patricians from old established English families in America. Jackson was the first low born Scots-Irish recent immigrant family and self made rich man to achieve the office. The political establishment (North and South) hated him, but the common man loved him and his direct blunt style. He was the first populist elected President.

@STho205 4 роки тому

@@Magnetron33 Whigs and Tories were the two British parties. The US Patriots always claimed the Tory party in Parliament had caused the war, so they referred to American Royalists as Tories. The Whigs were a liberal party that often spoke up for America before 1775 and got control of Parliament in the 1780s. They are the ones that ended the war since they never wanted it. After the Federalists died out around 1816-1820, a new progressive elite party emerged called the Whigs (a US party with the same name). They died out in the 1830s and 40s and eventually became part of the new Republican Party of 1850 along with Free Soilers and Abolitionists. The Republican Party of 1850 was the first true pro-capitalist party of the US. The Democrats were a landed, manifest destiny mercantile party.

@jor_r8769 4 роки тому

I can only assume they ommited the positive aspects of Washington life because it's not fashionable rather than because they're lacking in their knowledge. I don't know which would be worse.

@mt22201 4 роки тому

The video is about Washington’s post-presidential years (1797-99). Can you please give an example of the positive aspects of his life during that period that the makers of the video omitted?

@jor_r8769 4 роки тому

M Zz The slaves that were his to free he did upon his wife's death. She freed them early. In addition he saw that the elderly and sick slaves would be supported for life, children without families would be trained and educated and freed. There are many positive quotes Washington made both in private and in public yet this story chose only one and it is negative. Also without context. Not to mention that his slaves cost him more money than they made. They focused on his failures as a father figure but no mention of how kind he was to them, children and grandchildren he shared no blood with.They also portray his death in such a way that only focuses on the pain and suffering he endured but nothing of the grace and strength he showed in his final days.

@isaiahlaitinen 3 роки тому

@@jor_r8769 They literally talked about his innovations in agriculture and business, that he was made the commander of the army, and, when he died, how he put on his nice clothes and that his last words were, "Tis well." And, like it or not, there was nothing positive about slavery, although they did mention that he opposed it.

@winst0n888 3 роки тому

The greatest President ever.There can only be one GOAT.He is the one.The father of our country.

@Kagema10X 3 роки тому

Sally Fairfax....aaaaah...the one that got away...*sigh*

@felixedanica7500 4 роки тому

who’s watching for homework?

@lancehurley9743 4 роки тому

A helluva man..

@Jake-nk4wg 3 роки тому

Yes he was: George Washington: Called the “Village Burner” in Mohawk because of all the villages he ordered burned. Villages would be surrounded: as “people came running out” they would be shot, stabbed, women, children and elders alike. In one campaign alone “hundreds of thousands died from New York across Pennsylvania, West Virginia and into Ohio”. He traded and benefited by owning human flesh, and built his wealth, power, fame and glory on the backs of Blacks and Native Americans held in bondage for life.

@thecausalgamer7916 3 роки тому

2:23 sounds kinda familiar 🤔

@moiznicees 3 роки тому

I have to visit his home one day

@theend9258 4 роки тому

It doesn't matter what we watch, we are always being slapped with slavery.

@masel4036 4 роки тому

same thing with nazis

@sardaewilson 4 роки тому

It's apart of history. We shouldn't have to not talk about it because hearing about it makes you uneasy.

@evelynpugh2787 4 роки тому

For your information, slavery and all of its attendant evils, are a part of the fabric of this racist nation.

@feddi7693 2 місяці тому

@@evelynpugh2787🎯

@mariahenrich9602 Місяць тому

Slavery was and still is a global institution. It's been with us since the dawn of time and certainly is not unique to America, an institution that was inherited.

@altonbunnjr 4 роки тому

The two biographies I read ended with his passing.

@brysonohara5870 3 роки тому

and its so cool

@nyc757 Рік тому

Excellent.

@ellaw356 Рік тому

Washington gave up his life for this country. He worried himself till death about the country.

@danielm3192 4 роки тому

Imma go back and bring him some Cipro....

@briandodge7095 5 місяців тому

Very interesting

@09rja 4 місяці тому

I knew they wouldn't be able to get through this without mentioning slavery.

@JamesLee-sl4er 4 роки тому

That guy drinks a lot of dark drinks

@crazyman8472 2 роки тому

“There are two kinds of people in this world; people who don’t actively enjoy being shot at, and George Washington.” 😎 -from “How To Fight Presidents”, by Daniel O’Brien

@57highland 8 місяців тому

Yes. When Washington was a major, and fighting at Fort Necessity (his first war experience), he said, "I heard the bullets whistle, and, believe me, there is something charming in the sound."