[yshavurah] Re: Fwd: Fw: Lest We Forget ...
- From: "Johanna" <rebiljoj@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <yshavurah@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 8 Dec 2002 16:11:49 -0500
Nance,
Thanks so much for sharing this story with us! I knew of a letter
Washington wrote to some early Jewish community, in Philadelphia, perhaps?
I'm not sure (have to look that up), but I do remember that the letter was a
thanks for the support of the Jewish community for their support in
establishing American independence. I did not, though, know the story of
Hyam Salomon. It's a wonderful one!
Johanna
> > > > A while ago, at the West Point Academy's Jewish
> > > > Chapel, there was a
> > > > display about Hyam Salomon and the Revolutionary War.
> > > > He died
> > > > penniless, having used all his resources to aid the
> > > > newly formed and
> > > > poorly supplied American Continental Army.
> > > >
> > > > You see, General Washington's financial advisor and
> > > > assistant was a
> > > > Jewish man by the name of Hyam Salomon. During the
> > > > cold winter months
> > > > at Valley Forge when American soldiers were freezing
> > > > and running out
> > > > of food, it was Hyam who marshaled all the Jews in
> > > > America and Europe
> > > > to provide money in relief aid to these stranded
> > > > American troops and
> > > > turned the course of history. Without this help,
> > > > Washington's
> > > > Continental Army, and the American Colonies would have
> > > > perished before
> > > > they could have defeated the British.
> > > >
> > > > If you take a one dollar bill out of your pocket and
> > > > look at the back
> > > > at the Eagle, the stars above the Eagle's head are in
> > > > the six point
> > > > Star of David to honor Jews. If you turn the Eagle
> > > > upside down you
> > > > will see a configuration in the likeness of a
> > > > Menorah....both at the
> > > > insistence of George Washington who said we should
> > > > never forget the
> > > > Jewish people and what they have done in the interest
> > > > of America.
> > > >
> > > > Lest we forget....this one Jewish man literally saved
> > > > the fledgling
> > > > 'refugee' colonies that would become the United States
> > > > of America.
> > > > That should be reason enough for thoughtful and
> > > > grateful Americans to
> > > > stand with Israel today.
> >
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