Editorial by Summer Lane |
The French and Indian War was raging.
It was a bloody battle in the heat of July that lasted for hours. The year was 1755, and then-Colonel George Washington was just 23 years old. That day, he delivered messages across the battlefield on horseback, dodging gunfire from Native American warriors allied with French forces.
During the battle, Washington nearly died. Two horses were shot from under him, and he reported that he had four bullet holes through his coat – and yet, he was unscathed.
He later wrote:
“By the all-powerful dispensations of Providence, I have been protected beyond all human probability or expectation; for I had four bullets through my coat, and two horses shot under me, yet [I] escaped unhurt, although death was leveling my companions on every side of me!”
The deadly fight would go on to be known as the Battle of Monongahela, and it would usher in the near-destruction of British General Edward Braddock’s forces. Remarkably, Washington was but a volunteer on this combat mission, but it was a pivotal moment for the young soldier.
According to the Mount Vernon Library:
Of the 1,459 men in Braddock’s expedition, 977 were wounded or killed—including sixty-three officers. Although technically not in command, Washington earned hero status for saving the British army from complete destruction at The Battle of Monongahela.
American history would have looked quite different if George Washington had been killed that day – it could have altered the fate of the United States forever. With two dead horses and four bullet holes in his jacket, it seems supernatural that he walked away from such a battle with nothing more than fatigue and scratches, and yet, that’s what happened.
Washington bravely led Braddock’s defeated troops back toward a reserve under the command of Colonel Thomas Dunbar, and it is said that during this time, General Braddock gifted Washington his red commander’s sash – a sign of respect and a signal of gifted leadership.
As is often the case, history does not repeat itself as much as it echoes, evolving and changing as time goes on, while still offering whispers of yesteryear’s most pivotal moments.
On July 13, 2024, another president and American leader survived a shower of bullets and lived to tell the tale, and one must wonder – how? On that fateful day in Butler, Pennsylvania, when President Donald Trump turned his head just slightly to gesture to an immigration chart on the jumbotron, a bullet from an assassin’s gun clipped his right ear. While shots rang out and Secret Service sprang into action, the world waited with breathless anticipation to see if the president would rise from the podium alive or if he would be carried off stage, unresponsive.
This was a moment that would define a generation. A moment when a 78-year-old Donald Trump would stand in front of a crowd, bullets flying, blood smeared on his face, and yell, “FIGHT! FIGHT! FIGHT!”
This was President Trump’s pivotal George Washington moment.
“I stand before you only by the grace of Almighty God,” Trump told supporters just a week after surviving the assassination attempt. “…I shouldn’t be here right now. Something very special happened.”
Something special indeed. With only a handful of days to go until Election Day, the world has watched as President Donald Trump has survived at least two known assassination attempts, blatant lawfare, and relentless attacks from a mainstream media owned and controlled by America’s worst enemies.
And yet he’s still standing, unwavering, unshaken, and wholly committed to making America great again. He stated recently that he is on a “mission to rescue our country from a failed and very corrupt political establishment,” and those words have never rang so true.
“In that mission, I will never quit, I will never bend, I will never break, and I will never yield – NOT EVEN IN THE FACE OF DEATH ITSELF,” he said.
President Trump is the only modern political candidate in history who can say those words with integrity and experience. Like Washington, his heart and will are bulletproof. He’s a survivor, he’s a fighter, and most importantly, he’s an American leader who will be remembered as the true measure of a man who put it all on the line to save the free world, and who emerged triumphant in the face of unprecedented resistance.
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