What If He Came Back?

Part one of an occasional speculation

“General George Washington” by AZRainman is marked with CC BY 2.0. To view the terms, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/?ref=openverse

A few days before his first death, George Washington allowed himself one last mistake. A whiskey still had broken at the far end of one of his properties, compelling him to set forth before dawn in snow and sleet to oversee its repair. The storm grew stronger the farther he ventured, but he paid it little mind. He shooed away a boy dispatched by Martha bearing a…