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A militia when properly formed are in fact the people themselvesand include, according to the past and general usuage of the states, all men capable of bearing arms to preserve liberty, it is essential that the whole body of the people always possess arms, and be taught alike, especially when young, how to use them. I want to do 3gunidpa entry level and am unclear on where i can go. If that is true of the general run of mankind, it is particularly true of george washington. Less often discussed is washingtons military career, including his exploits as a young officer and his performance as the revolutionary war commander in chief. In our historical fiction book club we read guns for general washington a story of the american revolution.
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