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"The Fate of the Day"
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February 27, 2026
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1:07Now PlayingRick Atkinson on The Fate of the Day: "It's a phrase that you hear, in the late 18th century. Several times it's, uttered by Alexander Hamilton, Lt. Colonel Hamilton, who's one of Washington's aides at the Battle of Monmouth, for example. Which is in June of 1778, as that army comes out of Valley Forge. It's a pretty substantial fight at Monmouth, which starts very badly for the Americans and Washington rides to the rescue, and really turns the day around and Hamilton writes, I never saw the general to such, good effect, with his, stalwart, approach. Just when it was needed, he saved the fate of the day."
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