George Washington's Visions for America

Recorded January 3rd 2020 Baked and Awake  Episode 094 Intro by: ROYCE George Washington's Visions for America My source:  This story was originally shared to me by Rik E Shay of the Xirtus Tartary and The Watchmen Discord Servers.  I could record an entire podcast soapboxing about my opinions on perpetual war and what it's doing to not only the world but to America's soul, but I don't think anyone would listen to it, including yours truly, once I hit publish on such pointless mental [redacted], so I will spare us all. Nonetheless, the current headlines and the ill portent of the subsequent onslaught of WWIII memes on instagram today together struck a chord in my mind as I prepared to share a, I guess we can call it a Prophecy- attributed to none other than the Foundingest of Fathers, known by everyone starting just now as The Neverliar, The Spirit of Virginia, the Mahogany Masticator, and The Delaware River Decamper!  Indeed, our subject today is none other than the heavyweight champion of US Presidents, Mister George-No-Middle-Name-Washington himself.  The vision that I am speaking of is one that came to Washington during the historic winter of 1777 while in "Winter Quarters" at Valley Forge with his army of Revolutionary soldiers. This was the same winter in which thousands of American volunteers, underpaid and underfed even at that early stage of the conflict- perished of cold and disease while trying to endure one of the worst winters on record since the peak of the Little Ice Age of the 16th and 17th Centuries. Now, I must hasten to qualify the assertion that the visions were one hundred percent for sure that of the then General of the Continental Army.- this vision is attributed to George Washington, but was not heard of before the time of it's disclosure in 1859 by a then 99 year old Random Old Soldier named Anthony Sherman. Sherman was supposedly there in '77 for that bitter winter, one in which it was recounted many times that Washington would "Go to the thicket to pray". The Old Soldier would recount his story before he perished, that the listener may record Washington's Vision, which included a sweeping picture of the young nation's future, marked by three terrible perils.  Let's turn to the story, first widely published in 1880, 29 years after that fateful encounter with the Old Soldier by William Bradshaw, in The National Tribune.. Resources:  https://www.whatsoproudlywehail.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/A-Short-Biography-of-George-Washington.pdf?x65350   http://americascomingjudgment.com/ProphecyNewsContent/Washington.html   https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/1/3/21048007/iran-vows-harsh-response-to-us-killing-of-top-general   https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/21/world/middleeast/us-troops-deployments.html   (**Altered samples) **Shofar Horn Sample Original clip from the Len Hummel YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3oexHn_KCY (Creative Commons Attribution & Youtube Standard licenses apply to non profit educational re-use)    Agnus Dei X - Bitter Suite by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Source: http://www.amazon.com/Agnus-Dei-X/dp/B00QGC7W3Y Artist: http://incompetech.com/ Eternal Father Strong To Save, by The Midshipmen Glee Club- Youtube Audio Library When Johnny Comes Marching Home by The Air Force Band of Liberty- Youtube Audio Library URL: https://www.biography.com/us-president/george-washington George Washington Biography Author Biography.com Editors Website Name The Biography.com website Access Date January 3, 2020 Publisher A&E Television Networks Last Updated December 3, 2019 Original Published Date April 2, 2014 Check out my new official Web Store today where your secure purchases directly support the show, while shopping through online retailers you already trust: https://bakedandawake.com/the-shop DON'T CLICK THIS LINK: https://bit.ly/36towQy Our Glass Creations: https://www.etsy.com/shop/ourglasscreations My Website: www.bakedandawake.com  Email me: [email protected]  Official Merch: https://www.teepublic.com/user/bakedandawake My Peertube Channel: https://peertube.co.uk/accounts/baked_and_awake/video-channels Twitter:  https://twitter.com/stevecominski Insta: https://www.instagram.com/baked_and_awake/ Episode ambient Music generously provided by Antti Luode (http://www.soundclick.com/AnttiLuode),http://www.soundclick.com/_mobileFrame.cfm?bandID=1277008 Additional Music Provided with permission by Northwest Grab aka https://summoningsickness.bandcamp.com Baked and Awake Discord: https://discord.gg/BKJ52JQ