Dont leave your home without your pants!

“During the era of George Washington, a gentlemen would no more leave his quarters without his sword then without his pants!”  – Donald N. Moran

Hope those in the United States had a good July 4th. My wife’s parents came in and one of the things we did on Sunday is visit Mt Vernon. I recommend the visit to anyway who is in the Northern Virginia / Washington area. It is really not a place to be missed. To walk the same ground as the man in the history books brings you closer to the extraordinary man that was George Washington. One of the artifacts in the museum’s collection is the sword carried by him during the French and Indian war.  The sword was bequeathed to him by the British General Edward Braddock who fell mortally wounded during an encounter near Fort Duquesne.