The Conspiracy to Kill George Washington in 1776

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Domenick D'Andrea for the National Guard, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Two hundred and fifty years ago today, a widower and father of six named Isaac Ketcham saved the Continental Army before the U.S. was even a nation. Ketchum had been part of a counterfeiting ring that copied the ridiculously simple continental currency. He was nabbed when a fellow conspirator gave up his name.

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