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▬ Contents of this video ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬
00:00:00 – intro
00:00:29 – Etymology of Washington name
00:00:45 – Where the Washington were from
00:01:04 – Farmer, salt of the earth
00:01:44 – Anglicanism & oxford
00:02:20 – Steeped in Englishness
00:03:04 – English heraldry = American flag
00:04:13 – Washington’s Englishness
00:05:50 – Robin hood & Arthur & Washington mythos
00:07:39 – Washington isn’t a revolutionary
00:10:30 – The death of Arthur the American short circuit
00:11:46 – English oral tradition saved by americans
00:13:34 – Rant on needed Englishness just like Washington
00:14:43 – Conclusion
Greenwood: Exploring the heroic sagas, legends & lore that cultivate English speaking Culture. Readings and analysis of great, and esoteric, English verse, narrative, prose, and speech, to decipher their meaning and psychological value.
