George Washington - Page 1

Yesterday i watched a short program about the ancestral home of the first President of the United States of America, as you Guys probably know it all started in Sulgrave Manor in the County of Oxfordshire
a  Manor House filled with Tudor and Georgian Furniture and Artifacts from the past and a beautiful hand made Tapestry which is made up by the people in the trust in the USA and the same of people here in the UK a join thing made up from the two Countries and the G Washington trust still lives on to this day I wish it had been a longer program i found it very interesting
Steve1

That's sounds like an interesting program. I've never seen a show talk about his ancestral home.

I would also enjoy watching that program.

Charles Lee won 16 decisive battles that gave this country
it's independence. Washington was never a military leader as he lost
every battle he fought. After the war the homosexual lover of
Washington's chief advisor was sent to pick a duel with the old
General Charles Lee. Because the British and Washington feared that Lee's popularity of his troops
my make him a political threat to Washington's power. The duel took place and Lee shot
and killed the younger emissary of Washington chief of staff. Lee had been
a soldier since he was 14 years old and without out his leading the continental armies
we would lost to the British in the first year of fighting...He and He alone was the
only one to reveal Cornwallis....Who's ego underestimated Lee and his experience fighting
gorilla style war fare....Later a librarian in Kentucky tried to make it look as though Washington,
the Freemason was the great leader and Lee a traitor.

Steve,
That is very interesting.  I never thought about his roots, makes pefect sense.

Jim

The programme the O.P. is referring to is Bargain Hunt,presented by Tim Wonnacott.
It is on BBC iPlayer but I don't think it can be viewed by anyone outside the UK????
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b012qs4m/Bargain_Hunt_Series_29_Newark_32/

While Lee never bought a commission and he never sugar coated
words for the aristocracy. He was a man of honor...You could read
about him up until about 1997 on the Internet. With the truth of
his 16 confrontations and victories...Because of his harsh words of Washington's
abilities his contribution was wiped out of  history. He did not like the elite or
Freemasonry...Married an Indian girl and mixed mainly with other soldiers.
Indians gave him the name Boiling water...Always had a
few dogs around him...he loved dogs. He had one powerful

very powerful friend though John Adams. There were some puppets
in those days just like today. But for the most part the founding fathers
put their lives on the line for their beliefs. And formed the first free nation.

 The Washington Tapestries are simply lovely...

gsm44
No' this Op is not refering to Bargain Hunt i saw it on a Belgian Channel of there TV of which if you live in the UK would not see it the programe lasted 30 minutes and it was about a month to 5 weeks ago I bought it up because it interested me and yesterday i looked it up on Google to see what else was said about it and it gave quite a lot from the beginning of the family centuries ago
Steve1

       I love history, old things, antiques,...If things could talk....

                     ... and tell the stories of the past...: )