“Make big decisions in the calm.” That’s what Dwight D. Eisenhower said. As you know, he was the nation’s 34th President.
Dr. Seuss said it this way:
“Try to remember,
through thick and through thin,
when you give it your best,
why that’s when you win.”
Colonel Von Steuben said it this way to General Washington:
“To an American I am obliged to say, this is the reason why you ought to do that, and then he does it.”
Dorothea Brandt, a writer, put it this way:
“The key to success is to determine your goal and then act as if it were impossible to fail—and it shall be!”
You may have missed it but the Revolutionary War ended in 1781 at Yorktown, VA. The particulars of that battle were amazing. So was the outcome. British General Cornwallis surrendered his army after the valiant efforts of the Americans and the French.
Benjamin Franklin was aware that he was dying in 1790. He was cared for by his daughter, Sara Franklin Bache. One evening a knock came at the door. A messenger carried a letter from President George Washington.
In the 1750’s Ben Franklin was the Postmaster General of the Colonies. As you can imagine, travel was very different and difficult in those days. There were no Marriott Residence Inns or even a Motel 6! There were some local inns, which were not much more than saloons with an extra bed room or two. That meant a room with a bed in it, no showers or extras.
Betsy Ross was a recent widow, and she was a poor, struggling seamstress when the story goes, she was approach by a team, including General George Washington to create a new flag for the hope of a new nation. It was apparently a secret meeting. General Washington asked her for help in the preparation of a brand new flag, and a new concept for a struggling nation.