Washington defuses the Newburgh Conspiracy
1783 · Event
With Congress broke and the unpaid army muttering about marching on it, Washington confronts his officers — and disarms them by fumbling for his spectacles: 'I have grown grey in your service, and now find myself growing blind.' The moment the American army decides not to rule America.
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