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Welcome to Dispatches: The Podcast of the Journal of the American Revolution. Each week Dispatches features interviews highlighting the latest in scholarship, news, and opinions regarding the American Revolutionary Era. For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.com
Abraham (Avi) Loeb is the Frank B. Baird, Jr., Professor of Science at Harvard University. He received a PhD in Physics from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in Israel at age 24 (1980-1986), led the first international project supported by the Strategic Defense Initiative (1983-1988), and was subsequently a long-term member of the Institute for A…
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E103: William W. Reynolds: The British Naval Signals Mission
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This week our guest is JAR contributor William W. Reynolds. In the waning years of the war, American operatives stole a book of secret signals used by the British Navy. For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.com.By Dispatches
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Vandana Verma - Chief Engineer Robotic Operations NASA/JPL
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Vandana Verma is the Chief Engineer for Robotic Operations for Mars 2020 Perseverance, and the Assistant Section Manager for Mobility and Robotics Systems at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory. She specializes in space robotics, autonomous robots and robotic operations. She has worked on a number of Space Robotics and Artificial Intelligence research a…
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E102: Louis Arthur Norton: The Plight of the Seamen
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This week our guest is JAR contributor Louis Arthur Norton. While the Continental Army steadily found its footing during the war, the American Navy floundered. For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.com.By Dispatches
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E101: Serena Zabin: The Boston Massacre: A Family History
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Serena Zabin is the winner of the 2020 Journal of the American Revolution Book of the Year award. In this fresh interpretation, Serena Zabin paints a stirring new picture of an event that defined the Revolutionary Era. For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.comBy Dispatches
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Darsh Kodwani Astrophysicist Episode 16
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Darsh is our Star guest and an Astrophysicist, based in Oxford UK. He talks to Indian Genes in this episode giving us a clear understanding of the Big Bang and the latest updates in the field of Astrophysics.He does share a lot of interesting insights and thoughts as well on the amazing universal puzzles that make for great and engaging listening. …
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Mitul Mehta Neuroimaging Episode 15
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Mitul joined King’s College London as a post-doctoral researcher in Neuroimaging in 2003 with the aim of setting up a research group focussed on pharmacological neuroimaging using MRI methodology. He worked with positron emission tomography at Imperial College for a number of years as an MRC Training Fellow before moving to King’s. A Wellcome Trust…
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Susmita Mohanty Spaceship Designer Episode 14
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Susmita Mohanty is an Indian spaceship designer, serial space entrepreneur and a climate action advocate. She is well known for her research on space related topics. She co-founded India's first private space start-up, Earth2Orbit in 2009.She is the only space entrepreneur in the world to have started companies on three different continents in Asia…
In EP 13, we continue where we left off in EP 12 and Bernardo Kasturp dives deeper into consciousness and how this is central to our understanding of the world around us. He also answers questions posted on line and fascinates us with insights that are thought provoking and brilliant. THis is an episode that would be enjoyed as a continuation of EP…
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E100: George Kotlik: Texas and the American Revolution
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This week our guest is JAR contributor George Kotlik. While Texas has a long history of revolutions, few realize its contributions to the Patriot cause. Throughout the latter years of the conflict the Spanish Empire utilized its colonial resources to aid the Americans in the their quest for independence from Britain. For more information visit www.…
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E99: Brian Gerring: La Petit Guerre and American Indian War
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This week our guest is JAR contributor Brian Gerring. During the American Revolution “the small war” proved to be a pivotal part of Britain’s war effort. On the frontiers, Indian warfare was a constant threat. For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.com.By Dispatches
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E98: Greg Aaron: Lord Dartmouth’s War of Words, 1775
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This week our guest is JAR contributor Greg Aaron. Following the battles of Lexington and Concord, the British government was fraught with rumor and blame. At the center was Lord Dartmouth. For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.com.By Dispatches
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REPEAT: Rick Atkinson: The British Are Coming: The War for America, Lexington to Princeton
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This week our guest is Pulitzer Prize winning author Rick Atkinson. As book one of a three book trilogy, "The British Are Coming" is a long-awaited foray into the earliest years of the American Revolution. On this episode Rick Atkinson discusses the war, the young nation, its greatest leaders, and why he believes that now is the right time to revis…
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REPEAT: Colin Calloway: The Indian World of George Washington
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This week our guest is Dr. Colin Calloway, winner of the 2018 Book of the Year Award from the Journal of the American Revolution. In his new book "The Indian World of George Washington," Calloway details the life of George Washington through his interactions with the native peoples of North America. On this episode we discuss how these interactions…
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REPEAT: Michael W. Twitty: The Cooking Gene
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This week our guest is award-winning author and chef Michael W. Twitty. Since their arrival in the 17th century, Africans have played an instrumental role in shaping the culture and cuisine of North America. Using food as a primary source, Michael Twitty traces the history of enslaved peoples in the New World and highlights their lasting influence …
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E97: Don N. Hagist: Noble Volunteers: The British Soldiers Who Fought the American Revolution
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This week our guest is JAR editor and author Don N. Hagist. In his new book “Noble Volunteers” Don Hagist reveals the complex make up of the British Army and highlights the intricacies of daily life during the American Revolution. For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.com.By Dispatches
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E96: Kevin A. Conn: The Imprisonment and Escape of James Moody
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This week our guest is JAR contributor Kevin A. Conn. His life was remarkable, yet his role as a loyalist agent has made James Moody a mysterious figure in Revolutionary history. For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.com.By Dispatches
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E95: Ken Daigler: Nathanael Greene: Intelligence Manager
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This week our guest is JAR contributor Ken Daigler. While he was considered a vital subordinate of George Washington, Nathanael Greene was also a first rate spymaster. For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.com.By Dispatches
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E94: Joseph E. Wroblewski: John Paul Jones and Thaddeus Kosciuszko in Warsaw
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This week our guest is JAR contributor Joseph E. Wroblewski. After their service in the cause of liberty ended, two legendary figures met on the other side of the world. For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.com.By Dispatches
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E93: Eric Wiser: The Loyalist Outlaw Cornelius Hatfield
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This week our guest is JAR contributor Eric Wiser. Cornelius Hatfield earned a reputation as a daring raider and loyal subject. As he terrorized Patriots in New York and New Jersey, he cemented his legacy as one of the most infamous Loyalist outlaws of the American Revolution. For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.com.…
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E92: Thomas E. Ricks: First Principles: What America's Founders Learned from the Greeks and Romans and How That Shaped Our Country
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This week our guest is New York Times bestselling author Thomas E. Ricks. Washington. Adams. Jefferson. Madison. First Principles follows these four members of the Revolutionary generation from their youths to their adult lives, as they grappled with questions of independence, and forming and keeping a new nation. For more information visit www.all…
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E91: Mark Anderson: Ethan Allen’s Mysterious Defeat at Montreal-Reconsidered
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This week our guest is JAR contributor Mark R. Anderson. After braving the harsh Canadian wilderness, Ethan Allen was defeated at Montreal. Two centuries later the event remains shrouded in mystery. For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.com.By Dispatches
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E90: Travis Copeland: The Battle of Shallow Ford
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This week our guest is JAR contributor Travis Copeland. In 1780 the Revolution tore the Carolina backcountry to pieces, and the Battle of Shallow Ford remains a forgotten flashpoint in the conflict. For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.com.By Dispatches
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E89: John E. Happ: Clarifying Beaumarchais
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This week our guest is JAR contributor John E. Happ. The life of the French diplomat Beaumarchais was one of art, business, and American Revolution. For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.com.By Dispatches
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E88: Alex White: From Prisoner to Schoolmaster
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This week our guest is JAR contributor Alex White. Although he came from ordinary beginnings, the life and career of Lt. Thomas White was an extraordinary tale of patriotism and survival. For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.com.By Dispatches
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E87: Robert Scott Davis: Margaret Eustace and her Family Pass Through the American Revolution
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This week our guest is JAR contributor Robert Scott Davis. Margaret Eustace led a famed life, but a mysterious letter in Georgia has left historians baffled for over two centuries. For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.com.By Dispatches
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E86: Bridget Barbara: Tracing the Steps of John Andre
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This week our guest is Jar Contributor and Youtube content creator Bridget Barbara. While Benedict Arnold’s treasonous gamble has become the stuff of legend, his conspiracy with John Andre is still readily traced. For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.comBy Dispatches
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E85: Damien Cregeau: Ten Revolutionary War Patriot Graves
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This week our guest is JAR contributor Damien Cregeau. Washington, Hamilton, John Paul Jones. Their lives were critical in the cause of freedom, and their final resting places remind us of their sacrifices. For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.com.By Dispatches
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Bernardo Kastrup Scientist & Philosopher Episode 12
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In EP 12 Indian Genes talks to Bernardo Kastrup's who has been leading the modern renaissance of metaphysical idealism, the notion that reality is essentially mental. He has a Ph.D. in philosophy (ontology, philosophy of mind) and another Ph.D. in computer engineering (reconfigurable computing, artificial intelligence). As a scientist, Bernardo has…
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E84: Rand Mirante: Fort Mifflin on the Delaware
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This week our guest is JAR contributor Rand Mirante. Sitting off the runway of Philadelphia International Airport, the impressive Fort Mifflin has a two hundred and forty year history to tell. For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.com.By Dispatches
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Sara Seager MIT Professor of Planetary Science
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Sara Seager is the Class of 1941 Professor of Planetary Science, Professor of Physics, and Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Her past research is credited with laying the foundation for the field of exoplanet atmospheres, while her current research focuses on exoplanet atmospheres and the future…
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E83: Philip D. Weaver: The 3rd New Jersey in New-York: Stories from The Jersey Greys of 1776
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This week our guest is JAR contributor and author Philip D. Weaver. Put together to fill an urgent need, the 3rd New Jersey found itself in many unique situations. For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.com.By Dispatches
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E82: Dayne Rugh: The Connecticut Sons of Liberty
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This week our guest is JAR contributor Dayne Rugh. While the Sons of Liberty were active in Boston, another branch was making waves not far away in Connecticut. For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.comBy Dispatches
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E81: Mike Cecere: Patrick Henry's March on Williamsburg
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This week our guest is JAR contributor and author Mike Cecere. It was one of the great "what-if" moments of the American Revolution: what if Patrick Henry had followed through with his attack on Williamsburg? It was long before Lexington and Concord, and he came closer than most would ever think. For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.com.…
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E80: Jane Hampton Cook: "Remember the Ladies": Abigail Adams on Women's Rights
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This week our guest is author and former White House webmaster Jane Hampton Cook. The letters of John and Abigail Adams stand out as some of the most candid conversations of the Revolutionary Era. The couple was outspoken on many issues, most notably rights for women in the new republic. With the nineteenth amendment turning 100, her views are more…
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E79: Derrick E. Lapp: The Bunker Hill Effect
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This week our guest is JAR contributor Derrick E. Lapp. The fall of Fort Washington was a low point in the military history of the continental army. Aside from the obvious problems of such a defeat, it also stands as George Washington's greatest failure as commander-in-chief. For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.com.…
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E78: Kim Burdick: The French Cross the Atlantic
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This week our guest is JAR contributor Kim Burdick. After the American victory at Saratoga, French military support materialized at just the right moment. Their journey to America was harrowing, and revealed a side of the war most have never seen. For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.com.By Dispatches
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Ashwin Vasavada NASA Lead Scientist Curiosity Rover
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Ashwing Vasavada from NASA, Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California and a CALTECH / UCLA star, has been involved with the Mars Rover Curiosity for over eight years now and has virtually spent that time living on Mars through the Curiosity mission. If anyone knows the conditions on Mars, then it is Ashwin and in this episode he discusses in detail, …
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E77: Christopher Warren: Documents of the American Revolution
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This week our guest is Library of Congress Curator Christopher Warren. From the earliest rumblings of revolt, the written word has been central to the cause. As the war evolved, so did it’s writings. For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.com.By Dispatches
This week our guest is JAR contributor Jeff Dacus. In 1781 Fort Watson loomed large on the South Carolina frontier. After a spark of innovation, Continental forces relied on an ancient strategy to win the day: the siege tower. For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.com.By Dispatches
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E75: Greg Aaron: Superheroes of the American Revolution
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This week our guest is JAR contributor Greg Aaron. Liberty Belle, The Flag, John Liberty. In the post WWII landscape, comic book superheroes dominated American popular culture and the American Revolution was a common backdrop. For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.com.By Dispatches
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E74: Jett Conner: Thomas Paine, Thomas Jefferson, and the Louisiana Purchase
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This week our guest is JAR contributor Jett Conner. Thomas Paine and Thomas Jefferson were ideological pillars of their party. Their conservative view of presidential authority soon crumbled when Jefferson approved the Louisiana Purchase. For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.com.By Dispatches
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E73: Ken Shumate: The Molasses Act of 1733
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This week our guest is JAR contributor Ken Shumate. Decades before the infamous Sugar Act, Parliament regulated the imperial economy with the Molasses Act. For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.comBy Dispatches
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Rakesh Sharma Astronaut & Only Indian Citizen to Visit Space
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India’s first space traveler, Wing Commander Rakesh Sharma, AC is a former Indian Air Force pilot who flew aboard Soyuz T-11 on April 3rd, 1984 with the Interkosmos program. He is the only Indian citizen to travel in space. He speaks exclusively to Indian Genes about his mission and the memories that he carries with him. Rakesh Sharma openly speaks…
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E72: Christian M. McBurney: General Charles Lee Imposes an Oath of Allegiance
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This week our guest is author and JAR contributor Christian M. McBurney. During the American Revolution, entire communities were considered to be up for grabs in the great ideological struggle for domination. When Charles Lee reaches Newport, RI, his greatest weapon was a forcible oath of allegiance. For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.…
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E71: Geoff Smock: The Enlightened Views of Thomas Jefferson
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This week our guest is JAR contributor Geoff Smock. Thomas Jefferson set himself apart from his fellow founders by being one of the most thoughtful commentators of his time. Discussing all aspects of American life, Jefferson regularly shared his opinion on a wide array of topics including rebellion, revolution, and infectious disease. For more info…
Narayan talks to Indian Genes about the current global set up in the Space sector and also discusses current compliance and law with regards to space research and travel. This discussion also covers ISRO and future opportunities in the Private Sector for Space Research and Travel.By Joaquim Gonsalves
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E70: Keith Muchowski: Rufus King: Forgotten Founder
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This week our guest is JAR contributor Keith Muchowski. Although he is often overlooked, New York’s Rufus King played a vital role in America’s founding generation. For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.com.By Dispatches
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E69: Andrew Waters: The Quaker and the Gamecock: Nathanael Greene, Thomas Sumter, and the Revolutionary War for the Soul of the South
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This week our guest is author and JAR contributor Andrew Waters. As the Revolution moved south, the state of South Carolina found itself torn asunder in a brutal civil war. Hoping to calm the storm, Nathanael Greene paired with the insurgent leader Thomas Sumter to remove the Redcoats from the Palmetto State. Their personalities clashed, and their …
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E68: Lindsay M. Chervinsky: The Cabinet: George Washington and the Creation of an American Institution
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This week our guest is White House historian Lindsay M. Chervinsky. During George Washington’s first term, there was no blue print and little in the way of Constitutional precedent. Despite these problems, our first president managed to establish one of the most sacred of all presidential institutions: the cabinet. For more information visit www.al…