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Friday, Feburary 22, the American family will again have the privilege of honoring the name of George Washington.
Called "Father of Our Country,*’ shouldn't there be something more significant, more dignified than joining the scramble for one day bargain sales? Or the cutrate sellabration specials? Something even beyond the hurrahs and the flutter of the red, white and blue?
There is an alternative program, and it’s priceless. A family affair which lifts the admiration and deepens the respect due this hero of our American Revolution.
Let us presume that after the family dinner has been served and Motheb duly complimented on her cherry pie, Dad would turn thfe conversation to the early boyhood of our first President.
The account relates the story of a young lad brimming with exuberance and the ownership of a new hatchet, chopping down the family cherry tree.
Let the family ponder a moment upon the next scene. Young George is in a serious predicament, aware of his guilt and confronted by an angry parent demanding who was responsible for the ruined tree.
Significantly this just could have been Washington’s first decisive battle, a testing ground of moral courage. But the boy won a brilliant victory that day when he said, "Father, I cannot tell a lie....’’
This is the time for our present day father to seize the gilt-edged opportunity to drive home to his children a basic factor of character. It may also be the chance to reflect or reassess his own integrity. Even more important is the damage to an individual, to society or our nation when a lie is practiced.
If the family is patient Dad may refer to another Washington anecdote in a long ago era before jogging and physical fitness were
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