Most Important Day in US History

Posted by Roger Saunders Jun 11, 2008

I believe the most significant event in the modern history of the World occurred in Annapolis, Maryland on December 23, 1783. That is the day that General George Washington made the most incredible and by far the most effective speech ever made to, or in, any Congress of the United States. By all accounts he had every bit of the popularity and power needed to be crowned King of the United States after he led the Continental Army in the quest for Independence.

Instead, on this day, he resigned his commission as Commander in Chief of the Continental Army and went home to be a farmer. If he had succumbed to the thirst for power, which almost everyone in the history of the world in his situation had, up until that point, America would not be the beacon of freedom for the rest of the world that it is today.

As a nation we are surely not faultless. We have made many mistakes but the greatness of this country is that we can continually rise above these mistakes. Even the fact that we have the freedom to talk about them, and, more importantly, vote for our leaders based on their performance, is testimony to the fact that this is the greatest country on the world. The world would be a very miserable place if George Washington had not resigned that day! King George III of England had this to say when he heard that Washington had resigned, "Either he is the most foolish man in the world or else the greatest!"

We all know the answer to that stunned observation!