A portrait of the young colonial officer, displayed alongside a sword and medal, more artifact than mystery to the museum that houses it.
"Life can only be understood backward, but it must be lived forwards."
Kierkegaard wrote that in 1843, nearly a century after a drifting, uneducated 22-year-old Virginian signed the only surrender of his military career.
That man was George Washington. The museum-plaque version of his life skips straight from Surveyor »»» General »»» President. As if his life were locked in from the start.
It wasn’t: his early years were a string of embarrassments, and what made him great later was what he did the morning after each failure.
The Washington years nobody taught you about just became a $19 million weekend.
“Young Washington” opened over the Fourth of July weekend, the second-best live-action debut in Angel Studios’ history. Director Jon Erwin already announced a sequel, “1776,” before the studio had even finished counting the weekend’s ticket sales.
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