Celebrating Washington and the 4th of July in Fort Myers Beach
By LLoyd Nichols, Southwest Florida Homes By The Sea
(Premier Florida Realty of SWFL)
You have seen the tall figure of the celebrated land surveyor, turned Virginian land owner, turned supreme General of all armies of Patriots storming into Yorktown against the defeated loyalist General Cornwallis of England, the man who kicked the English to where they came from with the flamboyant help from general Rochambeau and his fleet of 28 war ships.His name stands alone in American history: George Washington The man who was present during the Declaration of Independence on the 4 th of July 1776 ( was a lousy year for him as he got kicked out of NJ and was defeated then ), the man who gathered the leading men from Virginia to Pennsylvania, went through the horrors of the winter wars of 1780,1781, give 14 years of his life as a soldier and visionary and leader...
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