George Washington – His Vision of the American Republic’s Destiny
George Washington – His Vision of the American Republic’s Destiny George Washington and a Heavenly Visitor The story of George Washington's recounting of his prophetic vision was originally published by Wesley Bradshaw. Copied from a reprint in the National Tribune, Vol. 4, No. 12, December 1880. First published there in 1859. The last time I ever saw Anthony Sherman was on the fourth of July, 1859, in Independence Square. He was then ninety-nine years old, and becoming very feeble. But though so old, his dimming eyes rekindled as he gazed upon Independence Hall, which he came to visit once more. “Let us go into the hall,” he said. “I want to tell you of an incident of Washington's life—one which no one alive knows of except myself; and, if you live you will before long, see it verified. “From the opening of the Revolution we experienced all phases of fortune, now good and now ill, one time victorious and another conquered. The darkest period we had, I think, was when Washin...