George Washington Part 2: ”Would You Rather Be a Great General or a Great President?”

What do you really know about George Washington? We all know that he was the first president of the United States and the General of the Continental Army that defeated the strongest military on earth. But in this podcast, you’re going to hear about the extraordinary obstacles he overcame to become that leader.

How did young Washington escape an assassin’s bullet at near point-blank range?

As a boy, what event thrust his family into poverty, removing the advantages his older brothers had?

And finally, you’ll hear George tell three stories where fate again intervened preventing George from rising as a British officer.

Washington was a great man, but if any of these experiences had gone the other way, he either would have been dead, or fighting against the Americans in the Revolution, instead of leading them.