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"If historians ever take
to writing about this, "they will be accused
to writing fiction "because no one will believe "that, uh, a group
of ragtag soldiers like this could ever possibly defeat
the British Army and Navy." ‐ On November 25th, 1783, seven years after running
Washington out of New York, the Redcoats evacuate the city. Within hours,
hundreds of citizens are lining the streets
to celebrate Washington's triumphant
return to New York. Soon after,
the Continental Army is peacefully disbanded and Washington formally
resigns his post as commander‐in‐chief. ‐ If you had just defeated the greatest empire
in the world, the idea
that you would then say "Okay, thanks, I'm going to go
farm and make whiskey and grow hemp," it wasn't done,
but he did it
to writing about this, "they will be accused
to writing fiction "because no one will believe "that, uh, a group
of ragtag soldiers like this could ever possibly defeat
the British Army and Navy." ‐ On November 25th, 1783, seven years after running
Washington out of New York, the Redcoats evacuate the city. Within hours,
hundreds of citizens are lining the streets
to celebrate Washington's triumphant
return to New York. Soon after,
the Continental Army is peacefully disbanded and Washington formally
resigns his post as commander‐in‐chief. ‐ If you had just defeated the greatest empire
in the world, the idea
that you would then say "Okay, thanks, I'm going to go
farm and make whiskey and grow hemp," it wasn't done,
but he did it
Full Transcript
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"If historians ever take
to writing about this,
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"they will be accused
to writing fiction
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"because no one will believe
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"that, uh, a group
of ragtag soldiers like this
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could ever possibly defeat
the British Army and Navy."
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‐ On November 25th, 1783,
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seven years after running
Washington out of New York,
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the Redcoats evacuate the city.
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Within hours,
hundreds of citizens
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are lining the streets
to celebrate
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Washington's triumphant
return to New York.
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Soon after,
the Continental Army
00:00:33.908 --> 00:00:35.743
is peacefully disbanded
00:00:35.743 --> 00:00:38.083
and Washington formally
resigns his post
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as commander‐in‐chief.
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‐ If you had just defeated
00:00:43.002 --> 00:00:44.919
the greatest empire
in the world,
00:00:44.919 --> 00:00:46.671
the idea
that you would then say
00:00:46.671 --> 00:00:49.215
"Okay, thanks, I'm going to go
farm and make whiskey
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and grow hemp,"
00:00:50.717 --> 00:00:53.344
it wasn't done,
but he did it.
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Movie Summary
The life story of George Washington, the first President of the United States.
