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This brought tears to my eyes
I spent last week in Washington, DC for some R & R and to attend a wedding.
To our surprise, the weather was perfect all week, low 80s and low humidity.
We spent three full days exploring the National Mall museums and memorials.
We also visited George Washington’s Mount Vernon and Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello.
Our trip made me wonder why I didn’t pay attention in history class.
We could’ve spent a month exploring our nation’s history which is more relevant than ever, 248 years later.
Our founding father’s were more than war heroes.
Sure they wrote our Declaration of Independence and our Constitution.
They created the framework of our Democracy.
They were also inventors, writers, leaders and entrepreneurs.
George Washington ran many businesses, including a fishery on the Potomac.
He grew and exported tobacco to England.
The taxes were high and his profit margin was low so he switched to growing wheat, milled it into flour and sold it for a large profit.
He also had a profitable whisky distillery.
