Back in those colonial days when a revolution was a brewing, there was not any Dr. Spock about to show folks just how to raise this new nation. There was no wet nurse nor midwife to show the way, just a collection of folks all with their own ideas about freedom. It was going to be all rough and ready, learn as you go and do not repeat screw-ups. It would be a by fits and starts experience and hope for the best. Geez, parenting has not changed at all in almost 250 years! There would be goofs, bloopers, blunders and mistakes along the way, some serious some not so.

4/22 - Advantage Native Americans: In 1791 General Arthur St. Clair led more than 1,000 soldiers into the wilderness to chastise the Native Americans under Blue Jacket and Little Turtle. 25% of the entire US Army never walked out.
4/29 - No Cheap Drunk: President George Washington's attempt to raise money by taxing whiskey did not go down smoothly in Pennsylvania.
5/6 - Cry Me a River: The white man's greed for Native American lands sent five tribes packing for Oklahoma - and oil.
5/13 - A Storm's' Comin': President James Buchanan called secession illegal, but did nothing legal to stop it.
5/20 - Up in Smoke: A Union officer just happened to find General Robert E. Lee's plan to invade Maryland wrapped around three Stogies. So much for surprise.
5/27 - skip week
6/3 - The Fence Wasn't Made of Picketts: General Robert E. Lee was convinced a thrust by 15,000 men under General George Pickett on the third day at Gettysburg would win the day. All that stood in their way was a mile of open cannon ground and a roadside fence.