Two firsts for me - #HATM and #HamiltonFilm https://abs.twimg.com/hashflags... draggable="false" alt="">

Should be a fun evening

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1st Battalion, 5th Artillery "Hamilton& #39;s Own" absolutely needs to add the motto "I& #39;m not throwing away my shot" to their lineage and honors

STAT

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It& #39;s so insanely important to remember that NOTHING of this country& #39;s history is a foregone conclusion in 1776 - it might& #39;ve just begun decades of war & violence. Might& #39;ve sacrificed temporary safety for total societal collapse

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Love dropping the Thomas Paine reference - single most popular work in North America in the 18th century. The first viral work, really. Became the most common thing in households along with the Bible - in a matter of months

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Omg I looooove that George III sings like a jilted lover - because that& #39;s exactly how the Declaration of Independence is written. It& #39;s the most famous breakup letter in history - "look boo, your fam - Parliament - & you are doing us wronggggg"

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Washington& #39;s speech echoes his frustrated and anguished letters to Congress as he falls back after Long Island, so damn good -

And Burr was such a little shit on the Quebec Expedition

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"pick and choose our battles" is so accurate - Washington& #39;s only really tried and true tactic

And yeah, Charles Lee completely screwed up at Monmouth. Between him and Gates, GW didn& #39;t even need to have the British as an enemy

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Also, don& #39;t forget that Philip Schuyler basically funded the northern theater of war, even after asshat Gates replaced him - and Burgoyne burnt his house for it

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Six years of war since 1775 - it& #39;s hard to fathom what that did to the colonies, to the people.

And yaassssss, referencing Hamilton& #39;s going into Yorktown with unloaded muskets, code word, "Rochambeau" - which got turned into "Rush on boys"

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George 3 gets his revenge - in that France & Spain piss each other off and then the brand new USA basically skips out on all its debts to France & gets into a low intensity conflict with them - all sets up France& #39;s debts & revolution

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And the great sorrow of the Founding - that the northern colonies subdued themselves to the southern planters for the preservation of slavery - and never honored the service of the enslaved. Did the opposite, in fact.

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The whole Federalist - anti-federalist debate is worthy of its own musical, esp the bit where the Federalists push the Constitution& #39;s ratification through the States with some, uh, interesting measures (like telling everyone Tom Paine loved it, when he didn& #39;t)
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This cabinet meeting is just -- perfect

Absolutely perfect depiction of the Early Republic

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GW stepping down...wisest thing he ever did for the future of the nation. Setting the precedent and tone.

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God, the emotion and power in "teach them how to say goodbye" is incredible

And oh, Jonathan Goff as Georgie III is hysterically a-mazing and might be my fave

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Duelling was so amazingly stupid - the idea of honor was just egotism. It did not stop lying, cheating, and murdering. Just disguised them. It certainly didn& #39;t stop wars

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This is such a fantastic way to address history & memory - because it& #39;s all about memory, bias, sources, perspective, & who is actually left to tell the story - the obligation to give voice to the voiceless

Thank you, @Lin_Manuel, and the whole cast & crew
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