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Originally Posted by Mark17
Would you pay a few thousand dollars for George Washington's favorite pewter mug, crafted by Paul Revere, and presented to him at his first Presidential inaugural ball? Assuming you would keep it and not just flip it?
If so, would that make you a George Washington groupie?
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No, no, never would I buy such a thing at any price! I'm a Canadian and that bastard George Washington was our implacable enemy. Washington led his Virginia (British) militiamen in a raid against the Canadien Fort Duquesne thus starting the French and Indian War of 1754-1763.
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Originally Posted by French and Indian War - Wikipedia
It began with a dispute over control of the confluence of the Allegheny River and Monongahela River called the Forks of the Ohio, and the site of the French Fort Duquesne at the location that later became Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The dispute erupted into violence in the Battle of Jumonville Glen in May 1754, during which Virginia militiamen under the command of 22-year-old George Washington ambushed a French patrol.
In 1755, six colonial governors met with General Edward Braddock, the newly arrived British Army commander, and planned a four-way attack on the French. None succeeded, and the main effort by Braddock proved a disaster; he lost the Battle of the Monongahela on July 9, 1755, and died a few days later. British operations failed in the frontier areas of the Province of Pennsylvania and the Province of New York during 1755–57 due to a combination of poor management, internal divisions, effective Canadien scouts, French regular forces, and Native warrior allies.
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Canada ultimately lost the whole Ohio Valley and the entire Louisiana territory down to the Gulf of Mexico in the "peace" settlement that followed the war.
I haven't forgotten. So I hate that son-of-a-bitch George Washington and I wish only a pox on him and his descendants!
As a general principle though, keep in mind that there's an enormous gulf between idolizing a certain historical figure who might have accomplished something of lasting importance and idolizing a professional entertainer.
