Let us therefore animate and encourage each other, and show the whole world that a freeman, contending for liberty on his own ground, is superior to any slavish mercenary on earth.
— George Washington Early Modern

First US President

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General Orders

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1776

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Strange & Unusual

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https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/03-06-02-0196

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