683. Washington: Hero of the Revolution (Part 1)
This episode kicks off a series marking the 250th anniversary of the American colonial tax rebellion by focusing on George Washington’s pivotal winter at Valley Forge in 1777–1778. Far from a tale of battlefield glory, it reveals how Washington’s leadership, discipline, and symbolic endur
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