EPISODE · Aug 19, 2025 · 2 MIN
August 19, 1775: Washington Hates the Rumor Mill
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In 1681, John Dryden said in his poem “Absalom and Achitophel”: Beware the fury of the patient man. I hear ya, Dryden, because that’s how I operate. And apparently George Washington operated the same way, because he initially took the high road, assuming that rumors about how American prisoners were being treated were just that, […] The post August 19, 1775: Washington Hates the Rumor Mill appeared first on 250 and Counting.
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