Monty by Jim Meddick for April 20, 2020

The myth of Valley Forge. People think it was a harsh winter when the reality was it was a mild winter, temperature wise, which caused muddy impassable roads which delayed supplies.

A normal cold winter with snow would have been passable because that was again normal and what they were prepared for.

That is from what I understood from Park Rangers when I lived near Valley Forge in Mont Clare Pennsylvania.

♫“Our fathers bled at Valley Forge….

Wasn’t that a time? A time to try the souls of men

Wasn’t that a terrible time?”♫

Defacing a dollar bill. George! So begins the presidential crime spree. Where will it end? Oh, yeah…

I recently learned something about Gilbert Stuart, whose portrait of George Washington was the basis of the picture on the dollar bill. Born in Rhode Island, he was a loyalist during the revolution, and left for England in 1775. He returned to what was now the U.S. in 1793, hoping to do a portrait of Washington. He spent the rest of his life in America.

Before signing it, George griped “What! I should be on the 100 dollar bill!”

His return with the money was delayed because he had to wait for the signature,

Will this spark a changed timeline arc, with, oh I don’t know, Doc’s meddling with the timeline leading to say Donald Trump or Andy Kaufman becoming president?

OH sure – sell it on eBay. I’m sure everyone will think a one dollar bill with Washington’s signature is genuine…

Apropos that he got the signature at Valley Forge. That must be why they call it a “forgery”.

When comic strip characters look through the third wall to show us something, how to they see us?

The really bad winter was 1779-1780 in Jockey Hollow, near Morristown, New Jersey. The winter set in early with bitter cold and heavy snow.

Ha! Who says there’s no money in comic strips?

Doc is back! He’ll fix up all of Monty’s woes and shortcomings! —Except of course for his having messed with the Timeline….