Mania de Antiguidades

Bill Fuller: [reading the letter from the old boot] "Gentlemen, We are facing a time of peril so grave in our brief National history, that there is now only the choice of serving the country a little longer, or having tomorrow no country to serve. Under the favor of Almighty God, we have become a Nation. Let me say to you that I hate war. But if we remain one Nation, one People, that time is not far distant when we may choose war or peace as our national interest guided by justice. In the words of Thom Paine, 'These are the times that try men's souls.' Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. 'Tis dearness alone that gives every thing its value and it would be strange, in deed, if so celestial an article as freedom should not be highly rated. George Washington. November 10, 1777."

Connie Fuller: Bill, this means Washington really slept here.