By Bill Federer, staff writer
AUGUST 27, 1776, British General Howe trapped 8,000 American troops on Brooklyn Heights.
Desperate, Washington ferried his army all night across the East River.
Morning came yet half his troops were still in danger.
A fog allowed the entire army to be evacuated.
Never again did the British have such a chance to trap the American army.
Major Ben Tallmadge, Washington’s Chief of Intelligence, wrote:
“As the dawn of the next day approached, those of us who remained in the trenches became very anxious for our own safety, and when the dawn appeared there were several regiments still on duty.
At this time a very dense fog began to rise off the river, and it seemed to settle in a peculiar manner over both encampments.
I recollect this peculiar providential occurrence perfectly well, and so very dense was the atmosphere that I could scarcely discern a man at six yards distance…
We tarried until the sun had risen, but the fog remained as dense as ever.”
Connecticut Governor Jonathan Trumbull had written to General George Washington, July 13, 1775:
“May the God of the armies of Israel shower down the blessings of his Divine Providence…in the day of battle and danger.”
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With all that is going in Washington these days some things don’t make the news the way they should. Fourteen days ago President Obama issued an Executive Order that you should know about. This order gives an unprecedented level of authority to the President and the federal government to take over all the fundamental parts of our economy – in the name of national security – in times of national emergency.
This means all of our water resources, construction services and materials (steel, concrete, etc.), our civil transportation system, food and health resources, our energy supplies including oil and natural gas – even farm equipment – can be taken over by the President and his cabinet secretaries. The Government can also draft U.S. citizens into the military and force U.S. citizens to fulfill “labor requirements” for the purposes of “national defense.” There is not even any Congressional oversight, only briefings are required.
By issuing this as an Executive Order the President puts the federal government above the law, which, in a democracy, is never supposed to happen.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2012/03/16/executive-order-national-defense-resources-preparedness