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Remembering the Ides of March

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Remembering the Ides of March
"Washington Resigning His Commission." Gen. George Washington resigned his commission as commander-in-chief of the Continental Army in the Old Senate Chamber of the Maryland State House on Dec. 23, 1783. Edwin White/Public domain
Lawrence W. Reed
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In Shakespeare’s play “Julius Caesar,” a fortune teller warns the Roman potentate to “Beware the Ides of March.” It was a warning that something awful might happen to him on that date which, in the calendar of the time, meant the 15th. Caesar paid little heed and on March 15, in 44 B.C., he was assassinated by senators eager to restore the fading Republic.

Lawrence W. Reed
Lawrence W. Reed
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Lawrence Reed is president emeritus of the Foundation for Economic Education in Atlanta and the author of “Real Heroes: Inspiring True Stories of Courage, Character, and Conviction“ and the best-seller “Was Jesus a Socialist?”
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