George Washington Saves America

On March 15, 1783, America’s first Commander-in-Chief stops a potential coup at Newburgh and saves the republic

Photograph was taken of Disney’s General George Washington at ‘The American Adventure’ in Epcot — image retrieved from Joe Penniston via Flickr

On this day (March 15), 1783, General George Washington saved American democracy. And yet few Americans today know anything about it, let alone are thankful for it.