In 1789 George Washington rode a White horse through Trenton New Jersey on his way to his presidential inauguration. The girls sang "Welcome Mighty Chief" as he passed. The dates on the arch are of the Battle of Trenton in 1776 and the Battle of the Assunpink Creek in 1777.
The banner reads "The Defender of the Mothers will be the Protector of the Daughters." Meaning that the man who protected women and children during the war will now protect them as president. George Washington wrote that he was deeply moved by the matrons and young ladies of Trent.
America used to know exactly what an American was, it was more than just the post 1965 civic nationalism of today.
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