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my name is Dave Miller associate
curator in our forces history
here at the National Museum of
American History and today we
have george washington's out
soared this one was made by John
Bailey
New York about 1777 78 kucho
hutos which generally about 20
to 24 inches long
this one is the played 30 inches
long but George Washington was
taller than your average person
in century stained green
was not his greenstein cults
sober peace cavity and trophy
arms right here on the scabbard
back here is John bailey's mark
Washington Boro had this sort
with him at the Battle of
Yorktown British surrendered he
last wore his uniform when he
was president he reviewed the
troops who were marching into
pennsylvania you to put down the
whiskey came to the Museum of
American History when it opened
in 1964 has been on exhibit here
ever since