I snuck a future-famous teenager into an Instagram reel I posted on Sunday. See the final scene in the reel. https://www.instagram.com/reel/DLfyc4HSBYh/
This scene is incredibly inaccurate. A teenage Napoleon was NOT looking on as George Washington presented a copy of the Declaration of Independence to King George III during the Treaty of Paris negotiations in 1783.
- But at least Napoleon was in France in September 1783, presumably at the military academy at Brienne-le-Château, 125 miles east of Paris (the kilometer hadn’t been adopted yet). Napoleon was bullied at the academy for his short stature and poor French (his native tongue was Corsican), but he would show them.
- King George was certainly not in France in 1783, since he rarely traveled far from London.
- General George (not yet President) was headquartered with his troops in New Jersey, based at the house known as Rockingham.
- The actual U.S. negotiators in Paris were John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, John Jay, and Henry Laurens (who had been released from the Tower of London).
But at least the two Georges picture is more accurate than my picture of Thomas Jefferson eating a hot dog as a baseball game was played nearby.
I will talk about the Declaration of Independence, in a content marketing context, later this week. On Wednesday, of course.
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