On this day in 1754, a 22-year-old lieutenant colonel of the Virginia militia named George Washington successfully defeats a party of French and Indian scouts in southwest Pennsylvania as Virginia attempts to lay claim to the territory for its own settlers. The action snowballed into a world war and began the military career of the first American commander in chief.
I've always admired George's chutzpah. To the best of my knowlege, the only other twenty-something to start a world war all by himself was Alexander the Great. Even Attila the Hun had help!
ReplyDeleteFor the irony-impaired, the above comment is humorous.