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🇺🇸 Most Badass Presidents: Combat Veteran Edition #1 George Washington George Washington, our 1st President, was one badass President. Was the Father of our country under the miraculous care of divine Providence? You tell me. We all know his stories. But these will leave you absolutely awestruck. Born February 22, 1732, in Westmoreland County, Virginia. At age 21, Washington volunteered for a 500-mile winter expedition through the frozen wilderness to deliver a warning to the French near Lake Erie. On the return trip, the deep snow crippled their horses. He and his guide went out on foot and followed an Indian on a treacherous shortcut. When they reached a clearing, the Indian stepped ahead, turned, and fired at him point blank. The bullet passed harmlessly by him. In 1755, during the Battle of the Monongahela, Washington rode straight into a French and Indian ambush as aide to Gen. Braddock. He was suffering from severe dysentery but dragged himself onto his saddle. The slaughter was horrifying, and every other mounted officer was targeted and killed around him. Two horses were shot out from under him. Four bullets ripped through his coat and one his hat. He emerged completely unscathed. He later wrote in awe that “I was saved by the miraculous care of Providence.” Fifteen years later in 1770, an old Native American chief traveled a long path just to look upon Washington’s face again. The chief revealed that during that bloody battle, he had personally fired at Washington 17 times with a rifle that never missed. He ordered his warriors to target him exclusively, but every single musket ball failed to pierce him. Awed and terrified, the chief commanded his men to stop firing, declaring that Washington was under the special guardianship of the Great Spirit and could never die in battle. In 1758 near Fort Duquesne, his own troops, mistaking the other for enemy, began firing wildly at each other in the darkness and smoke. Washington charged between the two lines. He desperately used his sword to knock up the presented muskets of his own men. Bullets flew all around him. 14 men were killed and 26 wounded, but he came away untouched. At the Battle of Kip’s Bay in September 1776, he galloped alone toward the British lines when his militia troops broke and ran without firing a shot. He faced about fifty redcoats at close range as they leveled their muskets. His aides seized his horse’s bridle and dragged him to safety at the very last second. At the Battle of Princeton in January 1777, Washington rode his white horse directly between the British and American lines to rally his wavering troops. He was 30 yards from the British front line. He then ordered his men to fire. An aide covered his eyes with a handkerchief, certain the commander would meet his death. When the smoke cleared, Washington then chased the fleeing British alone shouting, “It’s a fine fox chase, my boys!” At the Battle of Brandywine in September 1777, Washington was secretly scouted in the woods by British Captain Patrick Ferguson, the inventor of a revolutionary, rapid fire rifle. Ferguson crept close, leveled his lethal weapon, and had him directly in his crosshairs. As Washington turned to ride away, Ferguson’s gentlemanly code of honor stopped him from shooting an unsuspecting man in the back. The sniper lowered his rifle and let him ride on, completely unaware that he could have ended the American Revolution. Ferguson later wrote that he could have easily lodged half a dozen balls in him, but admitted, “I let him alone.” Time after time he emerged from battle without a single scratch. Did I mention this man also defeated the greatest empire on earth? When King George III learned that Washington planned to surrender his military commission and return to farming at wars end, he said, “If he does that, he will be the greatest man in the world.” Yes, he was. And we were blessed to have him. Thank you, Mr. President! 🇺🇸🫡

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