Peanuts by Charles Schulz for December 20, 2022

What does peanut butter have to do with Valley Forge?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Bicentennial

sure, Sally

I don’t think people ate peanut butter back in the 1700s.

Genuine imitation Revolutionary War snowballs with George Washington’s denture marks on some.

Wrong George Washington there Sally.

Replicas are reproductions, not authentic; they would have to be made of snow from 1777/78 to be authentic.

You can’t sell a Valley Forge snowball on ebay.

I don’t think anyone will fall for that.

Do you take crypto?

So authentic…

“This one’s defective. It’s yellow…”

The first snowballs were beta tested by a caveman named Ougg almost 200,000 years ago

Ah what a beautiful imagination kids had back when these were written. Fun was what you made it, not from a box connected to a television set.

I recently read “The Heart of Everything that is Valley Forge” by Bob Drury and Tom Clavin. It is an excellent book, I highly recommend it.

It starts by explaining the tactical and strategic situation during the fall of 1777. The chapter on the Battle of Paoli showed just how ruthless the British could be.

The next section tells how bad things really were at Valley Forge and why. Washington’s political battles were nearly as difficult as actual combat.

The final section shows what a strong force the Continental Army had become after passing through what was the crucible of Valley Forge. The chapter on the Battle of Monmouth shows what a decisive battlefield commander Washington truly was.

The book gives great insight into men like Washington, Hamilton, Lawrence and Von Steuben.

It’s a good book, well worth the time to read.

Of course she’ll name a lunch item that she’s familiar with. I don’t think we need any more analysis than that.

Tell the media. They’ll eat it up.

Wonder if Jeffrey Jorgensen started out like this?

Just try to avoid the yellow ones

If the Bicentennial price is $17.76, wait till the Columbus Day sale and they’ll be knocked down to $14.92.

She just bought them from Art Dekko and Sue Reel over on Dick Tracy.

A good idea, Sally. The best souvenir is something that people can use – in this case, for neighborhood children to re-enact the famous Valley Forge Snowball Fight.

Sally has likely confused George Washington (the first president of the united states) with George Washington Carver, a botanist who studied peanuts and discovered 300 uses for the peanut and is the reason why we have peanut butter and other peanut-related products. hence the reason why there’s peanut butter on the snowballs that “George Washington” had supposedly thrown during the valley forge.

Me and my friend got in trouble for singing fake state names during “Fifty Nifty United States” at a bicentennial assembly!

Authenticity is essential. Once you can fake that, you’ve got it made.

why does Chuck ask if they’re authentic after Sally says they’re replicas?