Happy birthday POTUS #1, George Washington.1Even though his birthday is on 22 February, here’s why we celebrate it on the third Monday of this month (paraphased from U.S. National Archives): “To give federal employees a three-day weekend, in 1968 the Uniform Monday Holiday Act moved it to the third Monday in February, which can occur from February 15 to the 21st.”
- Born: February 22, 1732, Popes Creek, Colony of Virginia, British America.
- Died: December 14, 1799 (aged 67), Mount Vernon, Virginia, United States of America.
And, of course, Happy Presidents’ Day, a day to reflect on the contributions, positive and not-so-positive, of former presidents.
Remember Your History!
Our current situation is even worse than it was when America was just a number of colonies under the control of British overlords.
The mistakes of the British were at least twofold:
- Unrelenting and increasingly excessive taxes, especially without meaningful representation.
- A failed attempt to disarm the pissed-off Patriots.
When people think of the causes of the American War for Independence, they think of slogans like “no taxation without representation” or cause célèbre2An issue or incident (originally, a legal case) arousing widespread controversy or public debate. like the Boston Tea Party.
In reality, however, what finally forced the colonials into a shooting war with the British Army in April 1775 was not taxes or even warrant-less searches of homes and their occupation by soldiers, but one of many attempts by the British to disarm Americans as part of an overall gun control program, according to David B. Kopel.
How the British Gun Control Program Precipitated the American Revolution (2015)
Back then, the British had begun taxing the Colonies for just about everything, basically pillaging and plundering the people’s hard-earned labor and wealth, until the good people had had enough and revolted (Boston Tea Party, 1773).
What did the Globalists—the Central-controlling British Overlords—do in response?
They immediately attempted to disarm the People and imposed severe restrictions and punishment on the people via the Intolerable Acts, 1774.
In modern day American parlance, this is when the British decided to “f*ck around” by a lot.
Great Britain pursued a policy of law and order when dealing with the crises in the colonies in the late 1760s and 1770s. Relations between the British and many American Patriots worsened over the decade, culminating in an unruly mob destroying a fortune in tea by dumping it into Boston Harbor in December 1773 as a protest against British tax laws. The harsh British response to this act in 1774, which included sending British troops to Boston and closing Boston Harbor, caused tensions and resentments to escalate further. The British tried to disarm the insurgents in Massachusetts by confiscating their weapons and ammunition and arresting the leaders of the patriotic movement. However, this effort faltered on April 19, when Massachusetts militias and British troops fired on each other as British troops marched to Lexington and Concord, an event immortalized by poet Ralph Waldo Emerson as the “shot heard round the world.” The American Revolution had begun.
Britain’s Law-and-Order Strategy and Its Consequences. City University New York (CUNY)
And it ended in the “find out” part of the modern day acronym, FAFO.
FAFO song
Comically, there’s even a song by country artist Bryan Martin titled FAFO!
Peace Agreement
By 1783, the troops of the British Empire had had enough of being, essentially, curb-stomped by armed Patriots and a rag-tag army led by George Washington, so they waved the white flag (Peace of Paris, 1783).
History Rhymes
In recent history, we’ve been dealing with a much worse situation. But, just like back then, the Patriots have advanced into proper position to win back our Independence and Freedom once again from Commie-like Globalists.
Footnotes
- 1Even though his birthday is on 22 February, here’s why we celebrate it on the third Monday of this month (paraphased from U.S. National Archives): “To give federal employees a three-day weekend, in 1968 the Uniform Monday Holiday Act moved it to the third Monday in February, which can occur from February 15 to the 21st.”
- 2An issue or incident (originally, a legal case) arousing widespread controversy or public debate.
