GW at Washington College 30 Nov. a.d. 2007

Apostle of Liberty by Stephen McDowell

On the back cover of the dust jacket is a fine quote by "Silent Cal", President Calvin Coolidge about President George Washington...

"Washington
was the directing spirit
without which
there would have been
no independence,
no Union,
no Constitution
and
no Republic."

It continues to say:

"His ways were the ways of truth.
His influence grows.
In wisdom of action,
in purity of character
he stands alone."

Further...

"We cannot yet estimate him.
We can only indicate our reverence for him and
thank the Divine Providence
which sent him to serve
and
inspire his fellow men."

Inside this jewel of a book are many, many other fine quotes.

Buy your copy of this fine book on George Washington! Tell 'em GW sent you!
Link will take you to the www.ProvidenceFoundation.com shopping cart page.

Earlier Cover of Apostle of Liberty...

America's Providential History

Constitution Day a.d. 2007 at the Capitol

On Constitution Day in tHis Year of Our Lord Jesus 2007 in the gardens of the Capitol of this United States of America, the words of the Preamble were read as the bells from the Taft Monument ring in the background...






"Click" on the image of the Preamble to enlarge it for easier reading.


For the entire study guide to the Preamble of "this Constitution for the United States of America", please "Click" the link below:

"tHis Constitution for the United States of America" Godly Government Guide

GW with little Miss Hailey in Washington, DC

Little Miss Hailey for several days on a visit to Washington, D.C. had been asking her parents and grand-parents to see George Washington, and they tried to say, "Sweetie, George Washington is not around any more to meet with you."



Here you see Miss Hailey's pretty head covered by GW's Trinity Hat... one where "GW" has been protected in many a battle doing GW...



As she came onboard the Cherry Blossom, who did Miss Hailey meet but "George Washington", upon which she turned to her folks and said assuredly, "See, I told you so..."

The night of Independence Day, along with Leadership Institute and president Morton Blackwell, a man like George Washington who is creating a new generation of leaders for America,...

... little Miss Hailey and her family went on the Cherry Blossom stern-wheeler riverboat from Alexandria up the Potomac River to be best positioned to watch the annual Independence Day fireworks.

Turns out that GW and Miss Hailey are related, in that Miss Hailey is a descendant from another of Mary Ball Washington's children!



Here you see "Le Grand Trio" ~~ the "grand" Miss Hailey, "Bop" her Grand Pop, and Grand PaPa George (Washington), the "father of His country", and grandfather of His country, too!

By the way, here "PaPa" is short for "Pater Patrae" or Latin for "father of the country".

"George Washington" gave Miss Hailey a copy of "tHis Constitution for the United States of America" with a picture of George Washington reaching out with a quill pen to you to also sign this Constitution, and asked little Miss Hailey to read this Constitution and read it to others.



Over the next days and months, Miss Hailey repeatedly asked her folks to read to her this Constitution, and they did. The proud PaPa of Hailey plays for the New Orleans Saints...


"Oh when the Saints go marchin' in, I want to be there in that number..." There were more French "Saints" who marched at Yorktown (over 25,000) than American "Saints" (about 9000) and more than those "sinners" the British under General Cornwallis (about 21,000). Yet also remember that the British Army reportedly played the tune "The World Turned Upside Down". How fitting because on 9 July a.d. 1776, General Washington gave the Order to His army, "The General hopes and trusts that every officer and man shall endeavor so to live and act as becomes a Christian soldier...".

And then remember that in Acts 17:6 is written that the early Christians turned the world upside down. This band of early American Christian Soldiers turned the world upside down by defeating the mightiest Army on earth, the British Army!
















Before leaving the Cherry Blossom, Miss Hailey asked her Grand-folks, GrandPop "Bop" and "Granny Sue" also known as "GaGa" if she could stay with GW and live in the White House.













Two of Washington's soldiers, Captain William Washington, nephew of the General, and Lieutenant James Monroe, were shot in the Raid on Trenton. Yet later Monroe became Minister to Spain where he obtained a $15 million dollar gift from the King of Spain,

...and Spain later captured New Orleans from the British!

Our War for Independence was the "World War" of its time, and Washington was called by Thomas Paine, author of "Common Sense", as the "World's Apostle of Liberty" with parks and plazas, statues and streets, cities and counties named for Washington all across America and around the world.

Minister James Monroe returned from Spain to became a member of the Continental Congress that received the Resignation of General Washington in Annapolis on 23 December a.d. 1783 when as victorious General he "wowed the world" by peacefully giving over power to the civilian government. That date should be honored along with the 17th of September, the 4th of July, and the 22nd of February!

(Of course every Patriotic American knows the significance of each of those other three days, plus the 11th of September, Patriots' Day, when American forces lost a battle in Pennsylvania but in the American loss saved the Congress in Philadelphia not far from the Battle of Brandywine where General Lafayette was wounded.)

That December date with destiny, or date of Divine Providence, was the first time a military leader had peacefully relinquished power in over 2000 years, since before the birth of Jesus Christ, since the time of the Roman Republic (not the Roman Empire) and the Roman Generals Cato and Cincinnatus. Washington has been compared to Cato, and is called the "Cincinnatus of the West".

In fact, there is a Fort Washington in Cincinnati, Ohio, a town named for George Washington.

King George III at the time was amazed at the subjugation of ego in Washington and said that Washington was the greatest man of his time or perhaps all time.

President Truman said his three favorite statesmen in world History were Cato, Cincinnatus, and Washington, and Truman was a wise man.

By foregoing power, George Washington truly gave birth to our American Republic (NOT a "Democracy" that the wise Founding Fathers feared), and so is rightly called the "father of His country", where His refers to Jesus, not George!

Later, James Monroe was elected Senator from Virginia, and of course became the Fifth President. The only race he lost was to little Jamey Madison for the First Congress. Monroe lost because little Jamey Madison got the support of Baptist pastor John Leland when he promised to work for a set of Amendments to this Constitution that became know as the Bill of Rights , and Jamey Madison was a true gentleman, true to his word and promise.

Most Americans do not realize that one of the 12 amendments prepared by Jamey Madison was not Ratified at the time (15 December a.d. 1791) but finally was Ratified by the States on 7 May a.d. 1992 by the vote of Michigan, over 200 years later, so became the 27th Amendment!

Her Granny Sue (GaGa) wrote:
Hailey saw herself on the website tonight and she was just overcome with joy. I spoke to my daughter in New Orleans and gave her the link. I was on the phone when Hailey saw it and she was so excited...

She said to tell George hello! ... the child does have the joy of the Lord. She loves Jesus!

So in the Spirit of the Revolutionary James Monroe, who suffered injury at Trenton yet persevered to be elected Senator, and become one of America's greatest Presidents, upon entering Kindergarten at the end of this summer, Miss Hailey ran for -- and was elected -- as Senator from her class, and plans to run for President in due time... all at Godspeed!

Girl Scouts and GW sing "God Bless America"

Girl Scouts and GW gather together at Fort Hunt Park near Mount Vernon, to send God Bless America, after hearing about how God has greatly blessed America with His "Miracle in Philadelphia" known as "this Constitution for the United States of America".

Wise Words from Wise Men via a Wise Man "Colonel" Isom

Who is that tall good lookin' fellow beside "George Washington"?

Not the Minister to France and his Minister of State, Thomas Jefferson, but rather the able aide, "Colonel" Steve Isom of Cayce, South Carolina, who happens to belong to that distinguished group known as "War Eagles".

Colonel Isom seems to spend time in those hallowed halls of the South Carolina legislature (GW knows about that sort of work from his years in Virginia's House of Burgesses a "few" years ago.)

Colonel Isom has managed to show elected servants that it is a wise way to go to go and go and go with electricity powered cars like you see the Colonel waving from that blue green model. With the tax benefits that are now allowed, more than a few folks are green with envy, and will be blue if they do not get Zap-ped for themselves!

Colonel Isom, a wise man provided these wise words from wise men:

Experience is a dear teacher,
but fools will learn at no other.
Benjamin Franklin

You cannot teach a man anything;
you can only help him find it within himself.
Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) Italian physicist and astronomer.

Time is the best teacher, unfortunately it kills all its students.

Knowledge is experience. Anything else is just information.
-Albert Einstein, Swiss-American Physicist

Life teaches none but those who study it.
V. O. Kliuchevsky

Spoon feeding in the long run teaches us nothing but the shape of the spoon.
E.M. Forster

I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.
-Mark Twain, American Writer

George Washington, historians tell us was not "well educated", because he was not heavily "schooled" having not attended college (at William and Mary like Thomas Jefferson, Harvard like John Adams, or Princeton like James Madison), yet Harvard Professor Alfred Bushnell Hart wrote that George Washington was the BEST EDUCATED of the Founding Fathers.

Write to me if you wish to know why GW was the Best Educated.

George@WashingtonLIVES.us

P.S. You might like to see what Colonel Isom and Dr. Ben Franklin have been up to in recent days with their experiments with this new-fangled thing called "Electricity" (Other than of course that enhancement of mail service by Postmaster General Franklin named Electric Mail or E-Mail for short.) Go see Colonel Isom at EVCarolina.com

GW talks on Terrorism in his Time at Blue Ridge Pens dinner

GW rode his horses and carriage deep down into the Beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains to meet with some Penmen, Poets and Patriots of the Blue Ridge Pens who were gathered for a delightful and delicious dinner at the Chateau Morrisette near Floyd, Virginia, south of Roanoke.

http://www.blueridgepens.org

http://www.chateaumorrisette.com/

The second video is about Prayer Warrior Washington...

The Washington Prayer Book - Work Book - Picture Book can be seen in a preview at www.PrayerWarrior.US

GWtalksOnTerrorism

275th Birthday of George Washington, Alexandria Parade

The Boy Scouts and Cub Scouts of Saint Louis Church of Mount Vernon carry an anno domini 1948 "Our Heritage" painting by Norman Rockwell in banner form showing George Washington kneeling in Prayer with a Boy Scout and a Cub Scout looking up to him.

The Scouts are joined in this 210th Anniversary George Washington Birthday Parade on the George Washington Birthday Federal Holiday by "The Spirit of George Washington LIVES!" who appeared in the parade for the first time ten years ago, and at that 200th Anniversary Parade won first place in the contest held that year for a "George Washington Look Alike".

Earlier in the day, the Aide to George Washington LIVES!, James Renwick Manship, Sr. was at Mount Vernon where he saw the beloved Martha Washington (alias Mary Wiseman), and has a video of her, the grounds of Mount Vernon, some of the speech by "President George W.", George W. Bush, and a video of the Old Tomb, the New Tomb possibly engineered by Lt. Robert E. Lee, U.S. Army, ending with the secret to the Life of George Washington.

"President George W." (Bush) honors President George W. (Washington)

This video is nearly un-edited so beware of vertigo as the lens goes here, there and everywhere.

New GW Headquarters for Defending Liberty!

Within days of the Birthday of President Ronald Reagan on 6 February, the aide to General George Washington packed up the wagon and headed north from the beautiful Blue Ridge to within yards of Arlington Ridge Road to set up a new GW Headquarters in advance of the George Washington Birthday Federal Holiday on Monday, 19 February, and the traditional GW birthday of 22 February. This Year of Our Lord 2007 is the 275th birthday of the "father of His country", George Washington.

His (Modest) Excellency George Washington

His (Modest) Excellency

If You Can Keep It

By Mark Coombs
Jan 24 2007

Deckhead: If You Can Keep It

In 1932 — the year in which our first president, George Washington, would have celebrated his two-hundredth birthday — Harvard historians were busy trying to figure out exactly how to sum up the man, his life and his career.

They determined, according to authors Patrick Gerster and Nicholas Cords, that a comparison or two might be in order.

As it were, however, no less than seven would prove satisfactory.
Washington, our Crimson friends wrote, “was bolder than Alexander, more crafty than Hannibal, wiser than Caesar, more prudent than Gustavus Adolphus, more resourceful than Frederick, more sagacious than Napoleon and more successful than Scipio.”

’Twas, put simply, quite the “World’s Best Dad” acclamation for the Father of the United States.

continues at... http://www.cornellsun.com/node/20882

GW swarmed by Sixth Graders to autograph Constitution

In the Fincastle Herald, published in the town where there is a Revolutionary War cemetary that has more veterans from the Revolutionary War than any other cemetary in America, the Spirit of George Washington LIVES! again in the hearts, minds and souls of 220 Sixth Grade Students who heard History Come Alive.

As General Washington, LCDR Manship spoke for 45 minutes on "this Constitution for this United States of America".

GW charged the students of Read Mountain Middle School to read the mountain of wisdom contained in this Constitution, and to read at least the Preamble to ten other persons, parents, pastors and pals.

At the end, students swarmed around LCDR Manship for him to sign "GW" on their copies of this Constitution, which is what you see in this photo.

Free Enterprise "Dual in the Colonies" at Regent U.

Students In Free Enterprise (SIFE) at Regent U & Founders Inn hear from Founder George Washington

"Whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die..."

George Washington gave Grace before the supper and then addressed the business school students from colleges and universities from South Carolina to West Virginia gathered for a competition in Free Enterprise underwritten by the Sam Walton Foundation.

The GW address spoke to His Story, including the history of Christian merchants and missionaries to China, the father and son team of Nicolai and Marco Polo. GW shared that in a.d. 1275 when Marco Polo traveled with his father Nicolai to the Court of Kublan Khan in China a man could buy a paperback book with paper money, an aspect of both communications and commerce not possible in Europe at the same time.

Yet years earlier the Kubla Khan was so impressed with Christianity as a benefit for his people that he told Nicolai Polo to return with 100 teachers of Christianity. However, the Pope only sent 3 Friars, and they turned back after the caravan was attacked by bandits in the Middle East. What a lost opportunity for acting on the Great Commission to go into all the world and share the Good News!

However, that same printing press technology that the Chinese and the Koreans had in the 1200s eventually made its way to Germany with the Gutenberg Printing Press.

There came the difference. Who remembers what was printed in China in the 1200s? Who remembers what was the first book to be printed on the Gutenberg printing press? Much of the world knows the first book on the Gutenberg press was the Holy Bible.

Years later, King James I of England tasked the church scholars of his day to prepare an authorized version of the Holy Bible and printed in 1611, which is known today as either the King James Version (KJV) or the Authorized Version.

That KJV Bible was used in the early settlement of Jamestowne in the colony of Virginia where the third paragraph was the purpose to "propagate the Christian religion to the inhabitants thereof..."

And today, you can go to the Dollar General store and with ONE General George Washington Dollar bill you can buy a paperback copy of the King James Version Bible, like Marco Polo was NOT quite able to do in China in a.d. 1275 under the king, or Kubla Khan.

The point is that a "Silent Partner" in any truly successful business is the King of Kings, Jesus Christ. And this Constitution for the United States of America measures its birth from the Birth of the Lord Jesus Christ.

Regent SIFE TY note

Regent University crest Thank You card

Mercy Me! Meet the Warren Family!

"GrandPaPa George" Revolutionary Reader Read-Along at the Founders' Inn in Virginia Beach with the wonderful Warren family of nearby Chesapeake where some time ago a much younger GW surveyed a route through the Great Dismal Swamp for the Chesapeake and Albemarle Canal as part of the grand plan to promote interstate commerce by means of an extensive network of intracoastal waterways.



The books in the young lady's lap are the "Jefferson Bible" (the lavender book) that tells the truth about the first "Jefferson Bible" being a "Gospel Tract" from the "Great White Chief" - the President, and what some historians and politicians say about Jefferson "cutting out the parts he did not agree with, the Virgin Birth, and the Miracles" is very deceptive. The truth is that the "Jefferson Bible" is very close to what we today might describe as a "Red Letter Only" New Testament. That explains why the Virgin Birth and the description of Jesus' Miracles are "cut out", because Jesus never described the Virgin Birth, or the Miracles. However, in one verse in John, Jesus did list the Miracles, which Jefferson included, so Jefferson did NOT deny the Miracles of Jesus by "cutting them out" of the so-called "Jefferson Bible".

The top book is a children's book telling of the Constitutional Convention where Washington was unanimously elected as the President over the Convention. One writer has tabulated that 38 of the 55 men at the Constitutional Convention had served under Washington's command, and so had total faith in Washington's integrity and leadership.

The light blue book is "The Making of George Washington" by W.W. II Congressional Medal of Honor recipient Brigadier General William Hale Wilbur, US Army. It is probably the best book written to understand the unique way Washington was educated to prepare him to be the greatest leader in American history and the Man for the Millenniums, the most important man in the whole wide world in the past 1000 years!

The book in the lap of "GrandPaPa General" is the book about Trenton written in the Year of Our Lord 2004 by "Second Lady" Lynne Cheney. The Warren's had already read that book, so instead GrandPaPa George read to them a favorite of his and his aide's beloved boy Jamey, the book "George Washington's Breakfast". Three copies of the book had been sent to General Washington by a children's literature expert, Mrs. Murray, in the fall of a.d. 2000.

In December a.d. 2000, one copy was given to Senator-Elect George Allen at the Hotel Roanoke (see post on that occasion below). About the same time another copy was sent to "Mrs. President George W." -- the First Lady Laura Bush, and she sent a nice thank you note.


Here in this photo you can compare the painting on the wall, "the real thing", and the printed picture on the greenback GW dollar.

Notice the noses.

By the way, that explains how this man fit "The Making of George Washington" as the book title says; Jeremiah 1:5 reads: "God knew His purpose for you before He formed you in your mother's womb to be a prophet to the nations."

That explains why God took an extra long time to form....

... an extra long nose...

so this man could portray George Washington, "the father of His country"!

Oh yeah!

By the way, the fine photographer is the marvelous Mama of these cute children, Mrs. Kathleen Warren. She also took a video, but it has not yet been prepared for posting by the much overworked (and underpaid ?) aide to General Washington, perpetual Midshipman Manship. So come on back to see when the video gets posted too. Thanks, and enjoy!

Be WISE ~ join GW's "Campaign for this Constitution"

New WISE Sponsors of Washington web site shares why it is wise to share some of your "National Treasure" with GW Lives! to aide the "Army for this Constitution" with the "Campaign for this Constitution" ~
All Across America, by George!

Who is the true "Top Dog"? "GW" in Roanoke Times - Neighbors South - Community p. 4

"Top Dogs"
is the headline with photos on the "magazine" section Neighbors South of the Friday, 5 January a.d. 2007 issue of The Roanoke Times.

At the very top is the leader line "2006 Movies @@ Good, bad, and really ugly."

In America and Virginia in a.d. 2006 have been some really ugly fights of "The same fight" - the same old fight, the fight for the minds and hearts and votes of Americans so to control the reigns of government and reign over the people who give power to the public servants, not public officials, or public leaders, or even representatives of the public, but rather public servants.

Remember that President Washington would close his letters with the words:
"Your most humble & obedient servant,"

Might it be wise that if George Washington was conscious of being an obedient servant of the public in our American Republic (NOT a "democracy" a form of government that the Founding Fathers feared), that today's "public servants" might humble themselves to be wise and do likewise?

On the front page of The Roanoke Times are the headlines:

"The same fight"

and

"Pelosi takes up gavel as first female speaker".

Is that a gavel or a gauntlet?

Is it a duty or a duel?

Yet far away from the limelight of the national events and the front page, back in the real world deep in the heart of America, in the beautiful and blessed Blue Ridge, on the Community page, page 4, of the Neighbors South section, is the headline:

"George Washington in the flesh". (and it appears also...in the blood?)

Retired many a year ago, "George Washington" is no longer our Nation's most sought after leader, or even a "Top Dog". Sadly, many students do not even remember who Washington was, the "Man for the Millenniums", the "World's Apostle of Liberty", the "Caped Crusader for this Constitution", the "father of His country", "America's Original Action Hero", the man who as President was "Second to None".

And in this article, the Top Dog may well be truly -- a dog -- a hunting dog afraid of the sound of gunfire,...

...whereas a brash and brave, young George Washington once wrote after a battle that may have started the French and Indian War "There is something lovely about the sound ..." of a bullet whizzing by.

Crazy you say? Crazy like a Fox! (related to a Top Dog?) Certainly the lovely sound is more sweet than the thud of bullet hitting you!

[Sorry, but could not find a link to the story online at www.Roanoke.com, so if you want to read the article click on the Comments line below so you can send a comment or a request via email.]

You can read some more about the American Red Cross Blood Drive and "GW" being there to cheer on the Citizens to do their patriotic duty and give during the "Giving Season" of Christmas, ...

...but also "GW" was sharing a warning based on his own experience to ONLY GIVE ONE TIME on this one day -- three times in six months is also fine -- but NOT THREE TIMES in ONE DAY, for that, as Washington came to know, will really "lay you low..."

...and like George Washington LIVES! take quite some time to revive and really live again!

The article by Roanoke reporter Erica Myatt also tells how on Christmas Night, "GW" went to visit Veterans in the Salem V.A. Hospital, and to (kneel and) pray with them.

The article also tells how the local Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) Chapter of premier patriot ladies gather gifts to take to the Veterans in the Salem V.A. Hospital,...

... and tells how one of their fine young ladies, their Vice Regent, Mrs. Samuel Fishburne Woody (Lee Hardin Woody) takes her gun-shy Labrador Retriever to the V.A. Post Traumatic Stress unit for Pet Therapy with the "Shell Shocked" and gun-shy Veterans there.

Truly a dog is a man's best friend, (next to a loving lady like Lee, its master, that is... don't want to create bad blood with the women-folk) and the Veterans love this dog's unconditional gift of love, a quality of love that most women or men have yet to learn how to give. What a Top Dog! (The Top Dogs in the photo below are Zoe Mae, the black Lab, and the yello Lab is Zeb a.k.a. "The Mess Pot" -- let's not ask from what that name derives... but somehow Lee is now known to some as the "Mess Pot Mama". )


And - oh by the way - the article does not have room to mention that the caring and loving lady who takes her Labrador to "love up" on the Veterans, cares for the soldiers like Martha Washington did, (see post below about the song the soldiers created and named "To my Hero, George" or "Lady Washington" that was "recorded" by an officer in General Washington's Army named Captain George Bush, yep, same name and former rank as the current president), and this fine lady just so happens to be a "Washington Family Descendant", ...

...who "George Washington" was able to meet "his Cousin Lee" just a wee two months before in October at a Washington Family luncheon in Yorktown and dinner in Williamsburg, both held in conjunction with the 225th Anniversary Celebrations of the Revolutionary War Yorktown Victory (in Jesus) Battle and British Surrender to Lincoln not Washington (read more on that in a post below),...

... where the American Army "turned the world upside down" as described in Acts 17:6, ...

The article tells a lot very nicely yet does not have the room to share that Washington's very special Cousin Lee Woody is a Learning Specialist/Assistive Technology School Specialist teacher at Cave Springs Middle School where on 15 November her "cousin" George Washington made a surprise visit to her and her students...

... after GW was talking at Faith Christian School directly across the street on the topic of "this Constitution for the United States of America"...

...and providing the teacher Mrs. Habib for each student his or her own copy of "this Constitution for"...

... along with a study sheet for a deeper understanding of the Supreme origins of the Supreme Law of the Land...

...that at this time of Christmas gift giving, of presents -- the present or gift of blood -- that connects each Citizen with the priceless gift of Liberty in Law that is this Constitution, a gift purchased for all Americans with so much pain, suffering, sacrifice, and blood...

When we think of all that we have been given in this much Blessed by God country, and we think of the soldiers at Trenton and Valley Forge, whose feet bled in the snow for lack of shoes and yet they marched onward as Christian Soldiers; who gave their lives for our Liberty, we recognize what a great Gift Our Father God gave us on Constitution Day. and even more so at Christmas, the gift of His Son, Jesus, the Supreme Law made Flesh.

Finally, this post was posted originally on the Twelfth Day of the Twelve Days of Christmas, and on this day, January 6th, in the Year of Our Lord 1759, George Washington made the best decision in his well lived life, when with the widow Martha Dandridge Custis by his side in the White House (her plantation home in Virginia, not the Executive Mansion in Washington), he said those life changing words when blessed with a God given marriage,

"I do."

GW wrote he was 6 feet high... Mt. Vernon's New Face - In Structure And Countenance - News - Mount Vernon Gazette - Connection Newspapers

Dear Friends,

One of my "scouts" who sends me intelligence, sent me a packet of information --

The "Dean" of George Washington's William Sommerfield is, or has, retired. Bless him, for he has done much to reawaken the American mind to the life of Washington.

The new Mount Vernon George Washington, Dean Malissa, was chosen from among the members of Sommerfield's Philadelphia American Historical Theater.

http://www.connectionnewspapers.com/article.asp?article=75633&paper=69&cat=104

Some years ago, some Revolutionary War re-enactors told me they heard Sommerfield missed an event due to sickness and was planning to retire, so I wrote a letter to Jim Rees, Executive Director of Mount Vernon Estate and Gardens who I first met when I served as a volunteer at Mount Vernon, and later interacted with when Governor Gilmore appointed me to the Board of Visitors to Mount Vernon, offering to be an understudy to Sommerfield and stand-in when he was not able to make an engagement due to sickness or other cause. I did not receive a reply from Rees, or Sommerfield.

My first time as George Washington was some years before that letter, in the 200th Anniversary of the City of Alexandria George Washington Birthday Parade in a.d. 1997. Though I did not know there was that year a competition for the "George Washington Look-Alike", there was, and I won from among I believe 8 George Washington interpreters in the parade that year.

The year I began performing GW was in a.d. 1999 for about 95 American Christian Tour high school groups from all across America when in Washington, I was also on the Mount Vernon Board of Visitors. Mr. Sommerfield and I met in Richmond at the Virginia Historical Society at an opening of a double Washington exhibit (he in GW uniform, me in modern attire, wouldn't it have been fun if for the double exhibit there had been a "double presence" of George Washington - he and me?).

We had the occasion to chat a moment, whereupon I shared with Mr. Sommerfield that I had had the joy that year of performing as George Washington at that point to about 75 student tour groups, expecting that we might share some friendly banter about the fun and challenging questions one receives when serving as GW, or something of the like in pleasant conversation.

Rather than a comment of camaraderie, Mr. Sommerfield retorted: "You are not tall enough to be George Washington."

Beyond the fact that I was "a shade" taller than Mr. Sommerfield, I did not respond with that obvious observation. Instead, I responded:

"Sir, let me assure you, that height is but one of many ways where -- I -- will NEVER -- measure up to George Washington!"

Mr. Sommerfield's eyes widened to look like saucers, but said he not another word. We went each our separate ways.

Interestingly that event was on 2 July a.d. 1999, if I recall correctly. The next month in August, I took a young man from Soweto, South Africa who I had met at a Biblical Worldview Conference in Charlottesville given by Providence Foundation to view the same double GW exhibit enroute to taking him to the Richmond airport.

There I saw a letter from a 32 year old George Washington to his tailor in London, Mr. Charles Lawrence, telling him to make a suit of clothes for him writing "for a man of my height, to wit, six feet high..."

So whatever historians, including David McCullough in his otherwise wonderful book "1776", may say that George Washington was 6 foot 2 to 6 foot 4, both George Washington and his tailor thought otherwise. What did they know that modern historians don't know?

And by the way, GW's grandson, or rather Martha's grandson, George Washington Parke Custis, father in law of Robert E. Lee, in his biography of George Washington, "Recollections and Private Memoirs of George Washington" said his grandfather was "a shade over six feet".

Also I have read somewhere that George Washington's primary doctor, Dr. James Craik, measured Washington on the day of his death at six feet.

However, a few years ago when I was on the Mount Vernon Board of Visitors and I asked why they kept saying GW was 6-2 to 6-4 (which was it?) they trotted out that another of the three doctors, Dr. Brown I believe I recall, wrote that Washington was 6-3 and a half.

While Washington is an amazing man, you can add to that list of amazing feats that while he did not grow "feets" after he died, according to one doctor, he did grow inches!

Or at least in the minds of historians he grew inches.

I have written that far too many historians elevate Washington in height, while they diminish him in stature.

That used to be the case, but there has in the past decade been a revival of Washington books that praise the man,...

and in the past year six books on Washington and his Christian faith where he prayed and praised his Lord Jesus.

By the way, one of my intelligence scouts is "Private Barney Google". He seems to be able to sift through the WWW - Whole Wide World - of information to find relevant data.

For America's future (buiding up on our past),

James Renwick Manship

George@WashingtonLIVES.us

websites for your perusal:

www.WashingtonLIVES.us

www.ConstitutionCollege.US

www.StatesManship.US

www.FirstNavyFlag.US

www.AppealToHeaven.US

www.PrayerWarrior.US

www.HistorySC.com

and a picture page and more at:

http://web.mac.com/generalwashington

G. Washington and kids

G. Washington and Hartinger kids Christmas a.d. 2006 in Roanoke

These children are especially fortunate because their PaPa, Randy, is a true Bible scholar who knows why the King James Version Bible is greatly blessed as a tool of GW - God's Will.

GW information items

Here is a sheet that relates to various information items available (or soon to be available) from
George Washington LIVES!

(Too small to read the text on the picture above? Just click on the image to enlarge it so it is easier to read. Thank you very much for your interest, and even more for your orders. Email me if interested at George@WashingtonLIVES.us.)

Fwd: Giving Back the Gift of Life, GW gives blood

(Photo by Bob Henderson)

"Florence Nightingale"
&
"General Washington"

At this Christmas time of gift giving, General Washington thanked fellow citizens for doing their "duty to God and their Country" by giving the gift of Life through the gift of blood.

GW gave each giver some wise advice:
"Now please learn from my example... give ONLY ONE time today !

Quite a few years ago I gave blood three times in one day, and it laid me low for quite some time.

So three times in six months is fine, but NOT three times in one day, OK?"

GW then said, General Light Horse Harry Lee, father of Robert E. Lee, said in a Eulogy of me (which may suggest what may occur if you give three times in one day), these words:
"First in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen..."
...and this drive I was first in line so my blood can flow in the hearts of my countrymen, which is the same patriotic duty that you are doing, Thank You! God Bless You, and God Bless America!"


Begin forwarded message:

From: Bob Henderson
Date: December 18, 2006 2:54:20 PM EST
To: lutjen@usa.redcross.org, george@WashingtonLIVES.us,
jacksonjo@usa.redcross.org

Subject: Giving Back the Gift

Pairing up a historical representative of America (George)

with a representative of the Miss America organization

(Nathalie Fassie, Miss Roanoke Valley 2006)

to help promote Donorama.

Should you want to give credit, these photos were
taken by Bob Henderson.

Thanks for being such excellent hosts and making this
an enjoyable and worthwhile appearance for us.

-BH

Fwd: to American Red Cross... GW LIVES ...first in the hearts of his countrymen, no REALLY!

(Photo by Bob Henderson)

"Florence Nightingale"
&
"George Washington"
(or "The Spirit of George Washington LIVES!")

On this 18 December Anniversary of the Burial of George Washington, in part from giving to MUCH blood 207 years ago, GW Lives! gave his blood this Christmas Season so citizens and soldiers may live!

And "Florence Nightingale" portrayed by Miss Roanoke Valley 2006, Miss Nathalie Fassie, also gave that gift of Life.

How about you too?

When GW closed his eyes for a moment, and then opened them to see such a lovely lady as Miss Fassie as his nurse, and could hear nearby the beautiful harp music by the lovely and talented Miss Taylor Price, for a moment he thought he had an "Instant Replay" of 207 years ago going up to Heaven.

Don't worry, GW Lives! is still with us.


Begin forwarded message:

From:

LutjenR@usa.redcross.org>
Date: December 18, 2006 3:10:20 PM EST

To: George@WashingtonLIVES.us
Cc: jacksonjo@usa.redcross.org, aldridgema@usa.redcross.org, HutsonV@usa.redcross.org

Subject: RE: to American Red Cross... GW LIVES ...first in the hearts of his countrymen, no REALLY!

James,

It was so nice to see you again at Donorama and so gracious of you to offer to return on Tuesday to greet and thank donors. You certainly turned heads today and I am sure donors will be surprised and delighted to take a step back into history with you. I will forward photos shot today to local media as soon as Bob sends them.

Bob Lutjen
Division Director, PR & Communications

Colonial Division, Appalachian Region Blood Services

Please Share Life...Give Blood Call 1-800 GIVE LIFE!

-----Original Message-----
From: James Renwick Manship [mailto:George@WashingtonLIVES.us]
Sent: Saturday, December 16, 2006 12:11 AM
To: Lutjen, Robert

Subject: Fwd: to American Red Cross...

GW LIVES ...first in the hearts of his countrymen, no REALLY!

Dear Mr. Bob Lutjen,

I have your American Red Cross business card with your email from some time back when we met at your office on Church Street in Roanoke.

I have often seen your Red Cross Bloodmobile Bus behind your building on the edge of the church parking lot of First Baptist Church when I go to evening Sunday services there, and other times when going to the V.A. office in the Federal building across Franklin Street.

I now have a "Hometown Hero" shirt from your Red Cross Bloodmobile.

I am the fellow who portrays George Washington, the man "First in the Hearts of his Countrymen..."

Today after another visit to the V.A. office, I returned home by way of Towers Mall where I saw your Red Cross Bloodmobile Bus, and made the instant "Command Decision" to donate a pint of blood of "George Washington LIVES!" so others may live.

Below is a playful banter with a Washington "cousin" about that GW blood donation, and other GW related items, that may entertain you.

The fine folks of the Bloodmobile mentioned that you have a big event this Monday and Tuesday at the Roanoke Civic Center.

I have a performance for the Artistic Director of Young Audiences of Virginia who is coming to town this Monday, so it would be easy for me to ride my "carriage" down a few miles to add to your event.

I could greet folks and thank them for giving blood so others may live.

Not knowing the program, I know not what else I may do to better serve you.

While neither I, nor you, want to repeat the disagreeable effect of
giving too much blood drawn as occurred to "me" some 207 years ago
with another quantity of blood donated within days of the first, I
could still say I was First in Line... a few days before, so to be
First in the Hearts of His Countrymen.

...

Please email me, or call my home phone at 540-343-6717 or cell phone at 703-474-1504 so we may communicate further.

Merry Christmas!

In GW,

James Renwick Manship, Sr.

Aide to GW

And to honor GW and his bloodletting about this time of year 207 years ago, this afternoon I donated blood to the Red Cross at Towers Mall on the way back from the V.A.

Remember Lee, that Lee, General Lee, General "Light Horse Harry" Lee,

(as opposed to Light Head of hair me... good reason for my powdered wig)

said in his eulogy of me:

"First in War, First in Peace, and First in the Hearts of His Countrymen..."

So today, the blood of GW Lives! was put into the "flow" so to flow into the hearts of his Countrymen! (so others may live!)

Back in 2001 in Richmond where well known is that other General Lee,

son of "my" General Lee, I shared those words with a man

who had a device to reach out to an audience

to draw folks to the blood drive to have their blood drawn,

where that day I was first in line, saying...

"And today "George Washington" is first in the blood line so his blood can course through the hearts of his countrymen..."

The radio host said, "General Washington, have you ever considered a career in Radio?"

I replied, "What is Radio?"

GW Revolutionary Christmas Stories

We think of Christmas with festive celebration, family feasts, gift giving and buying, Santa Claus and the reindeer,...

...but dear to our hearts as Americans at Christmas should be the gift of Liberty that our forefathers bought for us with their blood and their lives, purchased with suffering from from cold and starvation, and acquired for us through their priceless persistence.

President Reagan said in a.d. 1982, the most sublime picture in American history is of George Washington on his knees in the snow humbly in prayer.

Maybe as a nation we would be wise to spend less time in shopping lines and more time on our knees in prayer ...

Cracker Jack of a GW idea, from a Cracker Jack of a Naval Officer!

Cracker Jack of a GW idea, and ideas, from a Cracker Jack fellow and Naval Officer, Captain Kevin Wensing, now retired, but renewed and working hard for our country, our One Nation Under God.



































Young GW


















GW in a cross format, or in fours - format...



























A diamond from the rough?







This thoughtful note and Cracker Jack prize was mailed 30 October a.d. 2006 from Captain Wensing in the suburban Washington DC area, to "Manship" where the stamp shows a ship manned by God fearing men whose purpose in part as described in the Virginia Charter of 10 April a.d. 1606 was the "propagation of the Christian religion to the inhabitants thereof..." that crossed the Atlantic beginning in December a.d. 1606, and arrived at Cape Henry in late April a.d. 1607, and after scouting around the various rivers that pour into the Chesapeake Bay at Hampton Roads, found a good site a bit up the James River, where they settled, to form Jamestowne.

At Jamestowne, America's first representative assembly was convened in a.d. 1611. At that first assembly was an elected servant representing the settlers at Flowerdew Hundred up the James River, named John Jefferson. Hmm, that family name sounds familiar! (Read on below on the Son-day, 22 October a.d. 2006 entry to see that name reappear nearly 200 years later.)

Secret to Yorktown Revolutionary Victory...

This video gives a hint to the secret of America's Revolutionary Victory at Yorktown

After a bit of Washington Society video clips with "GW" with kinfolk, there is a battlefield scene where George Washington reveals his secret to success in war, and life!

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6953375325149624303&hl=en

Also you might like to look at a previous post to this GW weblog that tells who the "secret" true story about the man on the white horse at the British Surrender at Yorktown that few Americans know, and the story the National Park Service also did not tell correctly during this 225th Anniversary Celebration.

http://spiritofwashington.blogspot.com/2006/03/washington-and-lincoln.html

Yorktown Victory Fireworks - almost like the sparkle of her eyes

The fireworks at the Yorktown Victory (in Jesus) Celebration were sparkling and magnificent...

But so were the sparkling excitement in the eyes of the many thousands of Americans and French who attended.

One lovely lady whose eyes were sparkling watched the fireworks from near the Customs House of the Daughters of the American Revolution, was Amy Nichole of Utah, via New York City where she has studied at the Fashion Institute to create Custom
prepared "Revolutionary" clothes. [For your next set of elegant apparel, see her website: AmyNichole.com].

Oh, by the way, in a.d. 1763, age 31 - before a man "shrinks" from advanced age, George Washington wrote his tailor in London, Charles Lawrence, saying: "Prepare me a suit of clothes for a man of my height - to wit, six feet high..." (so GW debunks the myth of most historians that George Washington was 6 feet 2 inches to 6 feet 3.5 inches tall.)

The lesson to be learned is that physical height is not the measure of a man, tiny Jamey Madison, like Washington, was a "Giant" of a man, two men primarily responsible for the Miracle in Philadelphia, the Political Revolution that George Washington led after the Military Revolution was won at Yorktown.

Become a "Giant of a Man", learn so to defend and protect "this Constitution".

Be "Revolutionary", build up on the past for a better future.

Cornwallis and "Washington" meet again at Yorktown for 225th

At Yorktown, Virginia on 19 October a.d. 2006, Lord Cornwallis met "General George Washington LIVES!" on Main Street at the Thomas Nelson House.

Click here to see a short video relating the meeting of "General Cornwallis" and "General Washington" at Cayce, South Carolina Historical Museum for the Battle of Fort Granby on 24 June a.d. 2006.

http://www.WashingtonLIVES.us/2006/06/gw-accepts-sword-of-cornwallis-in.html

Click here to go to the post about the Cayce event with the distinguished actor Howard Burnham doing a splendid job portraying General Cornwallis.

Fwd: Congressional Medal of Honor to Paul Tobin, lessons for today's Navy from History // Navy Birthday Present??

Begin forwarded message:

From: James Renwick Manship <George@WashingtonLIVES.us>

Date: October 11, 2006 11:22:47 AM EDT

To: "Tobin, Paul E RADM USN((Ret)) Naval Historical Center, Director" <paul.tobin@navy.mil>

Subject: Re: Congressional Medal of Honor to Paul Tobin, lessons for today's Navy from History // Navy Birthday Present??

Dear Admiral Tobin,

Thank you for your reply.

I am glad to see we are in agreement, to a substantial degree.

My position is that as officers commissioned by Congress, we are leaders of the Navy, not followers of whim or whimsy, and as leaders we have a duty to do what is right, not that which is popular, however popular the current Navy Jack flag may be, it is flying due to historical lack of awareness of the truth.

So the logical corollary is that how ever popular the Fake Snake Navy Jack Flag may be, it is our duty to remove it if it is false, which is amply demonstrated it is "fake" by historical research by men such as Fowler in 1976, Clark in 1960, and RADM Preble in 1880.

I would with pleasure join with you and Ambassador Middendorf to write a letter to the Secretary of the Navy asking for a return to the Union Jack.

I would prefer to compose the letter to suggest to Secretary Winter to pose the option of selecting the Tree of Liberty Navy Flag, or return to the Union Jack.

Might we agree to compose this letter right away, before this years Navy Birthday, so to be a birthday gift of Truth to our beloved best Navy in the world?

For America's future (building up on our past),

James Renwick Manship, Sr.

Director, FirstNavyFlag.US

LCDR, USNR

On Oct 11, 2006, at 10:34 AM, Tobin, Paul E RADM USN((Ret)) Naval Historical Center, Director wrote:

James, Good research on your part. Alas, he is no relation but must

surely be the most famous Navy Paul Tobin.

As I've always said, your research on the Flag is accurate. My view is

that the Navy likes the current flag and would not entertain a move to

change it at this time. I'd eventually like to see us go back to the

Union Jack.

Best, Paul Tobin

-----Original Message-----

From: James Renwick Manship [mailto:George@WashingtonLIVES.us]

Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2006 8:07

To: Tobin, Paul E RADM USN(Ret) Naval Historical Center, Director

Subject: Congressional Medal of Honor to Paul Tobin, lessons for today's

Navy from History

Dear Admiral Tobin,

The attached Navy letter with imbedded images of the 1872 Congressional

Medal of Honor to Paul Tobin, and a description of a book by your

predecessor, RADM Preble.

I will be interested to see your response.

V/R, James Renwick Manship, (once upon a time, seemingly long, long ago,

LCDR, USNR -- keep smiling!)

Hometown Paper for Washington and Lee shows GW

Well night a month after the Labor Day visit to campus, the aide to GW returned to Washington and Lee University, named for the two rebel Generals related by a marriage of a great granddaughter, on Monday, 2 October a.d. 2006 after a visit to Washington, DC to meet President George W. (and hear a few words from him, "You don't look like you know how to operate that thing." as I tried to shoot him with a digital, spy sized camera owned by an Air Force Flight Nurse)...

...and Washington, VA to see where George W. surveyed the town in a.d. 1749, and to visit the great and good folks the Longyears at their Fairlea Farms Bed and Breakfast, ...

... this visit to Washington and Lee was after the Labor Day visit of "GW" to the lovely Lee Chapel on the beautiful campus of Washington and Lee University which was when and where GW had the privilege of making the acquaintance of Mrs. Margaret Samdahl in the Book Store and Gift Shop of the Lee Chapel,...

...and the pleasure of introducing her to the local author, Frank Grizzard, Jr., who by Divine Providence he and GW were brought together while standing outside the Chapel, so to ask her to carry Mr. Grizzard's book on Washington's Prayers in her book store, "The Ways of Providence: Religion and George Washington". She now has the book for sale in her nice book shop.

(See an entry below for a lengthy book review of his book on GW's prayers, but a friend at church, Dean Stone, summed it up well, "Tell people to read the Appendix essay by Rev. Burk FIRST, next read Grizzard's opinions, and finish by reading Washington's prayers that are in the middle. Then decide for yourself whether Burk or Grizzard is right, whether the Prayers are in the penmanship of Washington." Pretty fine advice (even if a bit elaborated by the aide to GW), thank you Dean, I will do, and have now done, as you advise, with such wise advice, maybe you ought to be a Dean at Washington and Lee or other university. By the way, might Dean also advise that you go to college for knowledge, and as GW did, go to God in prayer for wisdom?)

(And you might want to take a day trip to go by the Washington and Lee campus, the Lee Chapel, and her book store to meet the fine lady Mrs. Samdahl and buy Mr. Grizzard's controversial but beneficial book, or call her at 540.458.8095 to purchase over the phone.)

Anyway, the very helpful Mrs. Samdahl mentioned that the local paper had a photo of GW in an issue on the Labor Day Parade, so as the loyal aide to GW, I went by to buy one.

While the photo in the Roanoke Times and the Washington Post showed GW with George Allen, Senator and former Governor of Virginia, this scan of the newspaper page shows GW with Governor Tim Kaine, former Mayor of Richmond, where there is a statue of Richmond inside the capitol by Houdon, and outside the capitol, on a horse high atop a monument column. Look for the video of the GW presentation at the Library of Virginia on George Washington's Birthday, and that has a portion showing the "equestrian statue" of Washington.

And in the photo above, General Washington is speaking with a One Star and a Four Star General, but in a.d. 1976, Congress passed a law that makes Washington now a Six Star General, so GW outranks both Generals, COMBINED! (smiles).

Good thing the photographer Jonathan McBride knows how to operate HIS camera so you can see the photograph above of three generals greeting one another at the Labor Day Parade.