George Washington High School in San Francisco should be destroyed. It would scare me too.
This is an example of false history and full of hatred for our first president.
Ron Chernow and Joseph Ellis, won the Pulitzer Prize for writing about President Washington.
Both agree that Mr. Billy Lee was falsely written and depicted by historians of the day and
it still happens.
As it turns out I have Washington's back and too bad he can't tweet today or write a blog
to tell Mr. Billy Lee
a Seneca who was captured by the French as a baby. He taught Washington a few moves
that would benefit the Continental Army to beat the British in the Revolution. This
warrior he would never forget. Washington even signed papers with his American Indian
name, Conotocaurius.
Here is a "biggie" historians say that Henry Knox was his best friend. No, his BFF was
Mr. Billy Lee, who was a black Aide, Warrant Officer, son of Colonel John Lee.
He was not a slave, as the historians say. He rode a famous horse, Chinkling, carried
a carbine, wore a fancier uniform than Washington, which Washington applauded.
Mr. Billy Lee saved Washington's life several times in the Revolution with his carbine.
Washington wouldn't go anywhere without him. He appears in several Washington's
portraits. Sometimes he wore a red turban. Here, the historians deny him his importance.
Washington was trying to say something in these portraits--his love of Mr. Billy Lee.
Mr. Lee rode his horse better than any man and people came to see him ride his horse
at Mount Vernon, after the Revolution.
Washington, at 15, surveyed the land from the Atlantic Ocean to the Ohio Territory
with his American Indian friends. I spent 4 years studying Mr. Chernow and Mr. Ellis
and wrote a children's book, Why Is a Spy Called a Mole?, that will hammer out some of
these facts. It has 40 illustrations and can be bought on Amazon/Kindle. It has 2,000,000
hits on the internet. You will meet some interesting characters, Commander in Chief's famous
warhorse, Nelson, and his dalmation, Madam Moose, who was with him during the war
to guard Alexander Hamilton, Mr. Bill Lee, and Washington's horses against wolves.
You will meet a famous spy who was caught carrying papers stating that Benedict Arnold
would kill the three at Fort West Point. Fortunately, for us, the spy, John Andre, was captured
by low-ranked soldiers at night on a country road. You will learn what happened.
