The First Conspiracy: The Secret Plot to Kill George Washington

by Brad Meltzer

A reputation for integrity and honor is something you can take anywhere, and it will never let you down. George may not have come from wealth, he may not have come from a noble family, but he would always have character—an unimpeachable code of personal honor that could not be taken from him.

After all, bragging and boasting aren’t honorable; what’s honorable is doing one’s duty and sacrificing oneself for a noble cause.

Remarkably, the Continental army remains the most integrated fighting force in American history until the Vietnam War.